Latest PAF Data News

Q.3/26 is now available!

PAF Data Q.3/26 (Quarter 3, 26) release shipped on 13th July 2026.

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.3/26 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.

APRIL (Q.2/26)

AB12 5EH

MAY

M4 4HL

JUNE

HA2 2PA

JULY (Q.3/26)

TA7 8GD

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 July 2026

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'

1,735,235

Number of Large User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AD'

75,252

Total Number of Postcodes

1,810,487

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

e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'

32,411,117

Thoroughfares

968,416

Double Dependent Localities

4,369

Dependent Localities

26,390

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 June 2026

NEW LOCALITY
IN AREA

YES

YES

YES

YES

NEW SECTOR

POST
CODE

M15 5

EH45 8

LE12 0

NP11 9

DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY

DEPENDANT LOCALITY

OLD TRAFFORD

HORSBRUGH FORD

SILEBY

ABERCARN

POST TOWN

MANCHESTER

PEEBLES

LOUGHBOROUGH

NEWPORT

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