Crap Towns / City of London / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in City of London?
In January 2026, 11.5% of premises in City of London couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 23.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 82.6% of premises, 12% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,221 | 11.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,787 | 82.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | – | 11.5 |
| Tower Hamlets | 4.0 km | 3.0 |
| Southwark | 4.6 km | 2.8 |
| Westminster | 4.7 km | 2.8 |
| Islington | 4.0 km | 1.7 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 7.1 km | 1.1 |
| Lewisham | 8.9 km | 1.0 |
| Camden | 5.7 km | 1.0 |
| Haringey | 8.5 km | 0.9 |
| Hackney | 4.7 km | 0.9 |
| Lambeth | 7.0 km | 0.8 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |