Why you can't find names from a UK address
The UK has two electoral registers: the Full Register, used by elections, police, and credit reference agencies — and tightly restricted; and the Open Register, which anyone can buy from the Electoral Commission. About 40% of people opt out of the Open Register, and the rest is still subject to UK GDPR — you can't legally repurpose it as a free public name-lookup. That's why any site promising "find anyone at any address, free" is almost certainly either reselling stale Open Register data or simply lying.
What you can find about any UK address
Truely aggregates 25+ official UK datasets so you can answer almost every question that doesn't require a name. Enter any postcode:
- How much has this property sold for? Every sale since 1995, from HM Land Registry.
- What council tax band is it in? Exact band and rate, from the VOA.
- What's the area like? IMD decile, demographics, ONS area classification.
- Is it flood-prone? Annual probability band from the Environment Agency.
- Schools nearby? Distance and Ofsted ratings.
- Crime? Every recorded crime within 500m in the last 12 months.
- Broadband speed? Fixed-line speeds from Ofcom.
- Air quality? Annual mean PM2.5 and NO₂ from DEFRA.
- Heritage? Listed-building status, Conservation Area, AONB.
How to find the legal owner (not occupier) of a UK property
For named owners of a property — the person on the deeds, not necessarily who lives there — order an Official Copy of Register from HM Land Registry. It's £3 per property, ordered directly from gov.uk. Truely does not sell or facilitate this — we link you to the official service.