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Property research for England and Wales
Postcode Brief assembles sold prices, crime, flood risk, schools, planning, broadband and transport from UK government open data. Browse 445 postcode districts or read our buyer guides before you view.
What this is and isn't
The Postcode Brief is an informational aid assembled from UK government open data. Every briefing describes the area around a postcode, not one identified address: a postcode typically covers around fifteen homes, so treat all of this as the ground a house stands on rather than a report on the house itself. It is not a substitute for a solicitor's searches, a survey, a mortgage valuation, or the official long-term flood risk checker, and it cannot tell you whether a home is in a school's catchment. Data is only as current as its publisher: sold prices lag completion by weeks, crime figures by a month or two, and certificates by years. Use it to know what to ask, not as the answer.