Latest PAF Data News

Q.4/23 is now available!

PAF Data Q.4/23 (Quarter 4, 23) release shipped 4th October 2023.

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.4/23 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.

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER (Q.4/23)

NOVEMBER

WF1 2HH

DH3 3BG

BB2 3BS

GU6 8RB

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 November 2023

Number of Postcode
Areas

e.g. 'AB', 'G'

124

Number of Postcode
Districts

e.g. 'AB10'

2,976

Number of Postcode
Sectors

e.g. 'AB10 1'

11,237

Number of Small User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AL'

1,713,146

Number of Large User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AD'

85,552

Total Number of
Postcodes

1,798,698

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

e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'

31,787,599

Thoroughfares

952,420

Double Dependent
Localities

4,339

Dependent Localities

26,365

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 November 2023

NEW LOCALITY IN AREA

NEW SECTOR

POST
CODE

DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY

DEPENDANT LOCALITY

POST TOWN

YES

GL54 2

BROADMOOR

BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER

CHELTENHAM

YES

GL54 2

UPPER BROADMOOR

BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER

CHELTENHAM

YES

IV2 7

CHAPELTON

INVERNESS

YES

CA11 0

NEWTON RIGG ESTATE

NEWTON RIGG

PENRITH

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