13 May 2025

This release note provides information about the release of the AddressBase Core product on 13 May 2025.

Record counts

Product
Full Supply Record Count
Change-Only Update Record Count

AddressBase Core

34 637 128

31 745

Please note that the Full Supply record count is based on a Managed Great Britain Set (MGBS). If you ordered your national coverage via the online ordering system using a polygon outline, your counts may differ.

Product supply comparison

There is a difference in record counts between taking a national Managed Great Britain Set (MGBS) and the national 5km-tile supply. This is because the two supplies use different selection criteria. The difference in record counts is shown in the following table, allowing you to validate your data holdings once you have loaded the latest release of AddressBase Core.

Product
MGBS Full Count
National 5km Tiled Supply
Difference

AddressBase Core

34 637 128

34 637 119

9

A small difference in record counts is expected due to there being several features supplied in the MGBS which fall outside of the tiled area.

Changed records

If you receive a Change-Only Update (COU) supply for your AddressBase Core product, you will receive Insert, Update and Delete records within the supplied file. The following table details the numbers of these records which can be expected in the COU supply of the product:

Change Type
Count

Inserts

5 386

Updates

24 501

Deletes

3 325

COU populated 5km tile count

2 860

It's important that COUs are processed with Deletes first, then Inserts and Updates. This is to ensure that updates are applied in the correct order. Further guidance on this can be found in 'Working with COU data' in the AddressBase Getting Started Guide.

Source data currency

The following information relates to the currency of the source data used in the creation of this release of AddressBase Core:

Data Source
Date

Royal Mail Postcode Address File (PAF)

05 May 2025

National Land and Property Gazetteer

05 May 2025

One Scotland Gazetteer

21 April 2025

OS MasterMap Topography Layer

10 April 2025

Known data issues

Details of data issues for AddressBase Core will be communicated on the AddressBase Core Known Data Issues page. This page will provide details of the impacts of any data issues, plus updates on the expected time frame for resolution.

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