In January 2021 the Postcode Address File (PAF) contained 30,968,535 delivery points.
Just 12 months later the number of delivery points has grown by 341,379 to total 31,309,914!
This figure alone justifies the importance of having access to the latest available data to validate and cleanse address details, but as we dig deeper the total number of changes within PAF grows further:
Localities added 43
New postcodes 34,475
Delivery point changes 76,992
PAF Facts
Number of Postcode Areas 124
Number of Postcodes 1,785,571
Number of Post Towns 1,500
Number of organisations that rely on PAF 40,000
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