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 March 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'

11,245

Number of Small User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AL'

1,715,381

Number of Large User Postcodes

e.g. 'AB10 1AD'

84,425

Total Number of
Postcodes

1,799,806

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

e.g. 'AB10 1AD 1A'

31,865,215

Thoroughfares

954,149

Double Dependent
Localities

4,344

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 March 2024

NEW LOCALITY IN AREA

NEW SECTOR

POST
CODE

DOUBLE DEPENDANT LOCALITY

DEPENDANT LOCALITY

POST TOWN

YES

M28 8

SWINTON

MANCHESTER

YES

DD4 9

CLAVERHOUSE EAST INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

DUNDEE

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