Latest PAF Data News

Q.4/25 is now available!

PAF Data Q.4/25 (Quarter 4, 25) release shipped on 10th October 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.4/25 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.

SEPTEMBER

HG2 9DF

OCTOBER (Q.4/25)

SG1 4UF

NOVEMBER

SO30 9HB

DECEMBER

B2 2DR

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 December 2025

Number of Postcode Areas

e.g. 'AB', 'G'

124

Number of Postcode Districts

e.g. 'AB10'

2,977

Number of Postcode Sectors

e.g. 'AB10 1'

11,241

Number of Small User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AL'

1,730,249

Number of Large User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AD'

77,622

Total Number of Postcodes

1,807,871

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

e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'

32,274,362

Thoroughfares

964,833

Double Dependent Localities

4,365

Dependent Localities

26,383

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 December 2025

NEW LOCALITY
IN AREA

YES

YES

NEW SECTOR

POST
CODE

CW9 5

BA2 3

DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY

DEPENDANT LOCALITY

WITTON

WESTMORELAND

POST TOWN

NORTHWICH

BATH

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