ONS UPRN Directory: GB Address Links to Administrative Geographies (March 2022)

Great Britain's Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) directory as of March 2022, produced by ONS Geography. This file relates each GB address from AddressBase® to current administrative, electoral, health, and other statistical geographies. The directory is issued every 6 weeks and is designed to complement the Ordnance Survey AddressBase® product.

Use Cases

• Link address-level data to administrative boundaries for spatial analysis based on the described geographies.
• Enrich property records with electoral or health geography codes for demographic studies based on the linking feature.
• Perform address validation and geocoding by cross-referencing UPRNs with statutory geographies mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Links addresses to multiple current statutory geographies (administrative, electoral, health).
• Produced by ONS Geography, the authoritative geographic support for the UK's Office for National Statistics.
• Issued on a regular 6-week update cycle.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the March 2022 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Geography

Collection Method

Derived from Ordnance Survey AddressBase® Epoch 90 and linked to statutory geographies.

Time Range

Snapshot as of March 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2025-08-11 07:47:31; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain