This release note provides information about the release of the AddressBase Core product on 05 November 2024.
| Product | Full Supply record count[*] | Change-Only Update record count |
|---|---|---|
*These counts are 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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.
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 |
|---|---|
There has been one new issue identified in this release of AddressBase Core. A Scottish record has been incorrectly matched to a Royal Mail record. As a result of this, the Scottish record (UPRN = 35030393) has been incorrectly assigned a ‘POST_TOWN’ value of ‘NEWCASTLE’ and incorrect ‘POSTCODE’ of ‘BT33 0GT’. The nine other addresses on this street remain unaffected.
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)
01 November 2024
National Land and Property Gazetteer
01 November 2024
One Scotland Gazetteer
28 October 2024
OS MasterMap Topography Layer
05 September 2024
AddressBase Core
34 518 399
54 822
AddressBase Core
34 518 399
34 518 392
7
Inserts
6 952
Updates
36 796
Deletes
11 074
COU populated 5km tile count
4 362
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.