Postcode Checker: An Area Report for Any UK Postcode

Enter a UK postcode and get an instant, ungated area report: recorded crime from police.uk, the sold-price median from HM Land Registry, the EPC band mix from the MHCLG register, and an Environment Agency flood flag, each naming its official source under the Open Government Licence. Every reading is postcode-area resolution and says so; it is a starting point, not a property-level assessment. No signup, no subscription, unlike the paywalled tools that replaced StreetCheck. The paid report adds available flood, ground, crime, energy and sale-record context. Spatial checks use the postcode location; address matching and coverage vary. It does not supply a building inspection, formal valuation, insurance eligibility decision or complete future-risk forecast.

No signup. Results in seconds. Data: police.uk, ONS Census 2021, Environment Agency (NRW in Wales, SEPA in Scotland), HM Land Registry, MHCLG EPC register (Open Government Licence v3.0).

This check runs on screen, no signup. The full property report is £9.99 Lite / £24.99 Complete. One report, one price, no subscription.

Cancel for a full refund at any time before your report is emailed. Terms

  • One-off

    No subscription

    Pay once for each report you buy.

  • Named

    Sources & coverage

    Every report names its sources and the checks it could not run.

  • GB

    England, Wales & Scotland

    Coverage varies by nation and source, and is stated.

  • £9.99

    Reports from

    Lite £9.99, Complete £24.99.

From this free check to the full report

The free tool answers one question. The report covers the whole address.

  1. No signup

    Use the free tool

    Run the tool above. The answer shows on this page, with nothing to sign up for.

  2. Before you pay

    Pick the house and the report

    Choose the exact address, then Lite (£9.99) or Complete (£24.99). One-off, no subscription.

  3. Emailed within 24 hours

    Get the full report

    The report for that address is emailed to you, with every source named and any check it could not run stated.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to sign up or subscribe to use this postcode checker?
No. The area report is ungated and stays that way: no signup, no subscription, no blurred rows. Enter a postcode and the crime counts, sold-price median, EPC mix and flood flag render in full on the page. The paid report adds available flood, ground, crime, energy and sale-record context. Spatial checks use the postcode location; address matching and coverage vary. It does not supply a building inspection, formal valuation, insurance eligibility decision or complete future-risk forecast.
How is this different from StreetCheck or CrystalRoof?
streetcheck.co.uk now redirects to Crystal Roof, which sells full access as a £7.99/week to £12.99/month subscription (observed July 2026). This postcode checker gives you back the no-signup, no-subscription area report those users lost, and the paid layer here is a one-off report on a specific address, not a recurring plan. See our StreetCheck alternatives comparison for the full picture.
How accurate is a postcode-level check for a specific house?
It is accurate for the postcode area: the crime rate covers the surrounding ONS neighbourhood and the monthly counts the police.uk catchment, and the sold-price median is drawn from real HM Land Registry transactions at that postcode, but it cannot judge one specific property. We label every result a postcode-area reading, not a property-level assessment. The paid report adds available flood, ground, crime, energy and sale-record context. Spatial checks use the postcode location; address matching and coverage vary. It does not supply a building inspection, formal valuation, insurance eligibility decision or complete future-risk forecast.
Where does the data come from and how often is it updated?
Crime is police.uk street-level data, published monthly with roughly a two-month lag; the rate per 1,000 residents divides 12 months of it by ONS Census 2021 residents for the surrounding neighbourhood. Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (England & Wales), published monthly with a four-to-six-week lag. EPC data is the MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings register. The flood band is the official risk band at the postcode point from the Environment Agency's national flood risk assessment in England, Natural Resources Wales in Wales and SEPA in Scotland. Every dataset is Crown copyright or public sector information, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; neighbourhood names are from the House of Commons Library (Open Parliament Licence).

Check the whole address

Search an address in England, Wales and Scotland, see the available area data, then choose an emailed report for the property.

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