Latest PAF Data News

Q.1/25 is now available!

PAF Data Q.1/25 (Quarter 1, 25) release shipped 8th January 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.1/25 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.

DECEMBER

JANUARY (Q.1/25)

FEBRUARY

MARCH

MK4 4QF

SO20 8FD

HD6 4FZ

AB12 5DY

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 March 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'

11,241

Number of Small User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AL'

1,724,017

Number of Large User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AD'

80,836

Total Number of
Postcodes

1,804,853

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

e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'

32,118,597

Thoroughfares

960,215

Double Dependent
Localities

4,356

Dependent Localities

26,374

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 March 2025

NEW LOCALITY
IN AREA

NEW SECTOR

POST
CODE

DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY

DEPENDANT LOCALITY

POST TOWN

YES

NE65 0

HAUXLEY VIEW

AMBLE

MORPETH

YES

NE63 9

SEATON VALE

ASHINGTON

YES

YES

PL9 6

SHERFORD

PLYMOUTH

YES

PL8 2

NEWTON FERRERS

PLYMOUTH

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