AB12 postcode district: Aberdeen and around

AB12 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 794 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Aberdeen, Cove Bay and Portlethen. It is split between 2 councils: Aberdeen City (549 postcodes) and Aberdeenshire (245).

Postcodes in use: 794
Sectors: 4
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 3 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in AB12, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 29
In use before 2020: 765
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 794 postcodes in AB12 that ONS places, 29 are new since 2020 and 765 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 57.1018, longitude -2.1134. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

AB12 9HLJuly 2026 AB12 9HJMay 2026 AB12 9HHApril 2026 AB12 5EFMarch 2026 AB12 5EHMarch 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. AB12 3DT, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. AB12 9HL, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in AB12?

Ofcom reports on 714 of the 794 postcodes in AB12. At 568 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 12 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit568 of 714

Postcodes where every home can get superfast653 of 714

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband12 of 714

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it