07 April 2026

This release note provides information about the release of the AddressBase Core product on 07 April 2026.

Record counts

Product	Full Supply Record Count	Change-Only Update Record Count
AddressBase Core	34 891 827	71 143

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	34 891 827	34 891 813	14

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	6 482
Updates	62 718
Deletes	1 943
COU populated 5km tile count	3 871

It is important that COUs are processed with Deletes first, then Inserts and Updates. This is to ensure that updates are applied in the correct order. Guidance on this can be found in the 'Working with COU data' page in the AddressBase Core 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)	02 April 2026
National Land and Property Gazetteer	02 April 2026
One Scotland Gazetteer	22 March 2026
OS MasterMap Topography Layer	12 March 2026

Known data issues

Details of data issues, service disruptions and planned maintenance for AddressBase Core will be communicated on the AddressBase Core Data Issues, Service Disruption and Planned Maintenance page; this page will provide details of the impacts of any data issues, plus updates on the expected time frame for resolution.