Data
Data sources and attribution
Postcode Pulse is built on public data. These are the sources, what we use them for, their licences and the attribution each publisher asks for. Draft: wording to be checked against each publisher's terms before launch.
Postcodes.io
Ideal Postcodes (data: Office for National Statistics)
Postcode data from Postcodes.io (ONS Postcode Directory). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Coverage
- United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Postcode Pulse uses England, Wales and Scotland)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
HM Land Registry
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Coverage
- England and Wales only: residential sales for value lodged with HM Land Registry (category A from January 1995, category B from October 2013). Scotland and Northern Ireland keep separate registers and are not covered.
Energy Performance Certificates (England and Wales)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
Energy Performance Certificate data: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Get energy performance of buildings data). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Coverage
- England and Wales (domestic certificates lodged since 2008). Scotland has a separate register; Northern Ireland is not covered.
Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail Copyright and Database Right Notice
All data fields other than the address and postcode data (address, address 1, address 2, address 3, postcode) available via this website are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, which includes Ordnance Survey UPRNs. This data contains address data (address 1, address 2, address 3, postcode – processed against Ordnance Survey's Address Base Premium product, which incorporates Royal Mail's PAF® database (Address Data). MHCLG has published the address data with the consent of Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail Group Limited; Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail Group Limited reserve all their respective copyright, database rights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail Group Limited permit the use of 'address data' solely for specific purposes related to the energy performance of buildings which are as follows: - The effective management of properties in the private or public sector with a view to promoting energy efficiency (through consideration of factors such as patterns of use, maintenance, repairs, improvements and upgrades of building structure or energy using systems). - Research to provide data, analysis and statistics intended to improve the understanding of energy efficiency of buildings or to facilitate innovation and improvement in use, design, materials and equipment to this end. - Research into the effectiveness or impact of energy efficiency improvements including those delivered through Government or other energy improvement programmes. - Promoting and marketing energy efficiency improvements that may be made through a government energy efficiency programme or initiative. - Promotion and better understanding of the current energy efficiency of buildings and potential improvement in the building sale or rental markets and/or by building occupiers or users. - To enable enforcement authorities to carry out enforcement duties as required by the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations (England and Wales) 2012 (SI 2012/3118). - By local authorities in the exercise of their duties under section 91 of the Building Act 1984, or an approved inspector for the purposes of the inspector's functions under Part 2 of the Building Act 1984. - For the prevention or detection of crime, the apprehension or prosecution of alleged offenders, any proceedings in a court or tribunal or complying with an order or a court or a tribunal. Any use of address data which is not specified in this notice or covered by one of the copyright exceptions requires an appropriate licence from Ordnance Survey. You can contact Ordnance Survey at PricingLicensing@os.uk and/or Royal Mail Group Limited (address.management@royalmail.com). By using address data on this website, you will be taken to agree to the terms set out in this copyright and database right notice. Where you publish or otherwise share address data with any other person for any of the purposes permitted under this copyright and database right notice, you must include a copy of this copyright and database right notice with the data.
data.police.uk
Home Office, on behalf of the police forces of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Crime data: data.police.uk (Home Office and the police forces of England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Coverage
- England, Wales and Northern Ireland (43 territorial forces, British Transport Police and PSNI). Police Scotland is not included. Greater Manchester Police has published no crime data since July 2019.
Environment Agency flood data
Environment Agency
This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Flood Map for Planning: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Coverage
- England only (Wales: Natural Resources Wales, not yet integrated)
Food Standards Agency food hygiene ratings
Food Standards Agency
Food hygiene rating data: Food Standards Agency (ratings.food.gov.uk). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Coverage
- England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHRS, ratings 0-5) and Scotland (FHIS, pass/improvement outcomes). Ratings statistics use FHRS records only; FHIS records count as amenities.
Ofcom Connected Nations (broadband coverage)
Ofcom
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations (Connected Nations update: Spring 2026). © Ofcom copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Broadband speeds are Ofcom's modelled predictions, not measured speeds.
- Coverage
- United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), premises-based: postcodes with no matched premises (new builds, PO boxes, large users) have no data
Planning Data (planning.data.gov.uk)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Planning Data (www.planning.data.gov.uk), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Historic England datasets (listed buildings, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites): © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from http://www.HistoricEngland.org.uk. Natural England datasets: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Flood zones and Article 4 direction areas: © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Green belt: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Local planning authority boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Coverage
- England only (Wales: Cadw / DataMapWales / NRW, not yet integrated)
NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
Department for Transport
Public transport stops: NaPTAN, Department for Transport. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Coverage
- Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland); not Northern Ireland. Postcode Pulse uses it for England, Wales and Scotland.
Maps
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (openstreetmap.org/copyright). Maps are drawn with Leaflet.
Postcode district list
The list of postcode districts, and the postcodes in each one used to look up sold prices, comes from Ordnance Survey Code-Point Open. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0.