Latest PAF Data News

Q.2/24 is now available!

PAF Data Q.2/24 (Quarter 2, 24) release shipped 15th April 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.2/24 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.

JANUARY (Q.1/24)

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL (Q.2/24)

WA4 4GU

KT1 3GJ

AL1 9QN

RM1 2FD

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 April 2024

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'

11,248

Number of Small User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AL'

1,716,210

Number of Large User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AD'

84,005

Total Number of
Postcodes

1,800,215

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

e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'

31,888,681

Thoroughfares

954,741

Double Dependent
Localities

4,346

Dependent Localities

26,364

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 April 2024

NEW LOCALITY IN AREA

NEW SECTOR

POST
CODE

DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY

DEPENDANT LOCALITY

POST TOWN

YES

SP3 6

WARDOUR

TISBURY

SALISBURY

YES

BT78 4

DRUMLEGAGH

NEWTOWNSTEWART

OMAGH

YES

TR8 5

ROSECLISTON

TREVEMPER

NEWQUAY

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