Latest PAF Data News

Q.2/25 is now available!

PAF Data Q.2/25 (Quarter 2, 25) release shipped 7th April 2025.

If you have purchased an update (and have been sent installation details), it can be downloaded from our website at https://www.afd.co.uk/update/ (you will be asked for your serial number and Q.2/25 password emailed to you).

Customers using our installed Evolution service can check for updates using the AFD PCE Management Interface.

If you are interested in purchasing a product update, then you can do so by using one of the following options:

Changes in the latest data

For reference purposes, the table below shows new Postcodes for the last four monthly data releases. Test them in your product to see if it is in your data set.

MARCH

APRIL (Q.2/25)

MAY

JUNE

AB12 5DY

LE7 2FW

CV3 1HJ

PH2 1NB

If you are interested in purchasing monthly data updates, then you can do so by requesting a callback from AFD.

ROYAL MAIL PAF Statistics for the month of May 2025

Number of Postcode
Areas

e.g. 'AB', 'G'

124

Number of Postcode
Districts

e.g. 'AB10'

2,975

Number of Postcode
Sectors

e.g. 'AB10 1'

11,237

Number of Small User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AL'

1,725,080

Number of Large User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AD'

79,982

Total Number of
Postcodes

1,805,062

Number of Actual
Delivery Points (does
not include a count
of multi occupancies)

e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'

32,142,732

Thoroughfares

961,005

Double Dependent
Localities

4,356

Dependent Localities

26,378

Post Towns

1,500

NEW SECTORS AND LOCALITIES

The table below shows the sectors and localities that have been applied to the main PAF system from May 2025

NEW LOCALITY
IN AREA

NEW SECTOR

POST
CODE

DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY

DEPENDANT LOCALITY

POST TOWN

YES

SG1 9

OLD KNEBWORTH

KNEBWORTH

YES

TS19 1

THORNABY

STOCKTON-ON-TEES

YES

YES

YES

NG24 4

ME12 6

MIDDLEBECK

MINSTER ON SEA

NEWARK

SHEERNESS

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