Latest PAF Data News

Q.4/24 is now available!

PAF Data Q.4/24 (Quarter 4, 24) release shipped 16th October 2024.

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.4/24 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

OCTOBER (Q.4/24)

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

RM6 6EZ

IG11 7HG

BB2 3DE

MK4 4QF

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 2024

Number of Postcode
Areas

e.g. 'AB', 'G'

124

Number of Postcode
Districts

e.g. 'AB10'

2,974

Number of Postcode
Sectors

e.g. 'AB10 1'

11,234

Number of Small User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AL'

1,722,185

Number of Large User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AD'

81,475

Total Number of
Postcodes

1,803,660

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

e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'

32,064,430

Thoroughfares

958,878

Double Dependent
Localities

4,354

Dependent Localities

26,372

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 2024

NEW LOCALITY
IN AREA

NEW SECTOR

POST
CODE

DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY

DEPENDANT LOCALITY

POST TOWN

YES

CB7 7

STUNTNEY

ELY

YES

BT93 0

OGHILLICARTAN

LACK

ENNISKILLEN

YES

DE4 2

SLALEY

BONSALL

MATLOCK

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