2015 Cremation Facts and Figures

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  • Cremation rate in 2015 was 76.32%
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  • The busiest crematorium in 2015 was Eltham with 3,960
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  • There were 462,916 cremations in the UK in 2015 across 277 crematoriums. Each Crematorium had an average of 1,671 cremations in 2015
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  • The most expensive crematorium in 2015 was Beckenham (£900) and the cheapest was London (City of) (£360)
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  • The average cost of a cremation in 2015 was £725.61
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Cremation Cost & Number of Cremations in 2015

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Crematoria1st jan-31st jan 20141st jan-31st jan 2015county totalApril 2015 feeApril 2016 feetotal cost
BEDFORDSHIRE (2)
Bedford1,6371,807£647.00£669.70£721.80
Luton1,7141,8643,671£705.00£720.00£720.00
BERKSHIRE (4)
Bracknell1,8611,916£739.00£773.00£773.00
Reading1,6361,746£715.00£725.00£725.00
Slough1,3681,541£735.00£760.00£760.00
West Berkshire (Thatcham)1,1641,1496,352£765.00£815.00£815.00
BRISTOL (3)
Bristol (Canford)1,5691,681£682.00£715.00£715.00
Bristol (South)1,8061,986£682.00£715.00£715.00
Westerleigh2,1332,3526,019£750.00£795.00£795.00
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (2)
Amersham (Chilterns)3,2783,552£535.00£546.00£546.00
Milton Keynes1,8821,9905,542£701.50£910.00£949.00
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (3)
Cambridge2,5412,845£674.00£704.00£704.00
March (Fenland)735878£762.00£815.00£815.00
Peterborough2,0972,1685,891£745.00£783.00£783.00
CHESHIRE (6)
Chester1,9782,031£650.00£715.00£715.00
Crewe1,2211,083£595.00£620.00£650.00
Macclesfield1,4971,607£577.00£620.00£650.00
Northwich (Opened July ‘14)2641,002£680.00£695.00£720.00
Warrington2,0362,018£588.00£607.00£632.00
Widnes5606388,379£637.00£650.00£650.00
CLEVELAND (3)
Hartlepool8291,009£670.00£686.00£686.00
Kirkleatham (Opened January ‘14)   8031,018£640.00£705.00£740.00
Middlesbrough2,9323,1245,151£642.00£670.00£700.00
CORNWALL (3)
Bodmin1,4861,563£815.00£872.00£872.00
Camborne1,1331,291£645.00£695.00£695.00
Truro1,4951,5904,444£601.50£615.00£615.00
CUMBRIA (3)
Barrow-in-Furness973982£721.00£737.00£737.00
Carlisle1,3721,481£750.00£772.50£817.50
Distington (Whitehaven)9611,0283,491£778.50£792.50£792.50
DERBYSHIRE (3)
Alfreton (Amber Valley)
(Opened January ‘15)0868£625.00£720.00£755.00
Chesterfield2,1342,220£625.00£650.00£693.00
Derby2,8852,7655,853£617.00£697.00£697.00
DEVON (6)
Barnstaple1,4461,537£620.00£630.00£630.00
Exeter2,3222,432£809.00£865.00£865.00
Plymouth (Efford)1,0241,173£825.00£825.00£845.00
Plymouth (Weston Mill)1,4951,638£825.00£825.00£845.00
Torquay2,3532,472£800.00£845.00£845.00
Whimple (East Devon)1,2621,38010,632£830.00£850.00£875.00
Pharos
DORSET (3)
Bournemouth3,2203,582£680.00£713.00£713.00
Poole2,4292,682£758.00£758.00£768.00
Weymouth1,2511,2757,539£734.50£722.00£722.00
DURHAM (4)
Darlington1,6101,738£697.00£750.00£750.00
Durham2,1892,265£630.00£650.00£685.00
Mountsett1,2531,336£579.50£650.00£650.00
Wear Valley7229086,247£681.00£728.00£764.00
ESSEX (10)
Basildon1,9362,180£745.00£795.00£795.00
Braintree832969£794.00£844.00£900.00
Brentwood603709£747.00£800.00£800.00
Chelmsford2,0922,201£612.00£670.00£670.00
Colchester1,3461,667£702.00£712.00£712.00
Harlow1,7441,813£745.00£785.00£785.00
Redbridge (Forest Park)1,2011,334£745.00£795.00£795.00
Southend-on-Sea2,2372,503£710.00£740.00£740.00
South Essex3,0423,192£620.00£730.00£730.00
Weeley1,4971,40017,968£745.00£760.00£760.00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3)
Cheltenham1,8282,016£629.00£645.00£645.00
Gloucester (Coney Hill)1,7771,802£680.04£680.32£745.22
Gloucester (Forest of Dean)9429944,812£740.00£785.00£785.00
HAMPSHIRE (6)
Aldershot1,6051,648£797.00£816.00£816.00
Basingstoke1,7381,806£825.00£882.00£882.00
Havant9741,373£739.00£785.00£845.00
Portchester3,3563,329£550.00£594.00£647.00
Southampton2,3772,388£670.00£715.00£715.00
Southampton (Wessex Vale)1,6241,75712,301£745.00£785.00£785.00
HEREFORDSHIRE (1)
Hereford1,4771,6531,653£603.00£684.00£684.00
HERTFORDSHIRE (2)
Harwood Park2,3002,427£850.00£890.00£890.00
West Hertfordshire3,0243,1825,609£520.00£540.00£540.00
ISLE OF MAN (1)
Douglas570600600£735.00£753.50£753.50
ISLE OF WIGHT (1)
Whippingham1,3731,4981,498£658.00£691.00£728.00
KENT (8)
Barham2,3062,520£745.00£790.00£825.00
Charing1,3811,452£745.00£790.00£825.00
Folkestone718740£804.00£858.00£858.00
Maidstone1,4801,575£621.75£634.00£634.00
Margate1,6181,672£690.00£705.00£745.00
Medway2,6272,852£575.00£627.00£662.00
Sittingbourne1,1941,293£695.00£720.00£720.00
Tunbridge Wells2,1172,33814,442£621.00£706.00£763.00
LANCASHIRE (9)
Accrington914986£565.00£575.00£575.00
Blackburn1,1941,181£633.00£640.00£640.00
Blackpool1,4621,894£655.00£670.00£670.00
Burnley1,5361,560£610.00£622.00£622.00
Chorley1,2141,219£805.00£861.00£861.00
Lancaster & Morecambe1,7291,908£847.00£906.00£906.00
Lytham St Annes1,9811,806£600.00£625.00£625.00
Ormskirk (Opened February ‘16)00£0.00£695.00£695.00
Preston1,3271,43211,986£583.00£612.00£612.00
LEICESTERSHIRE (3)
Countesthorpe (South Leicester)0921£750.00£820.00£870.00
(Opened February ‘15)
Leicester3,1802,729£750.00£765.00£805.00
Loughborough1,6311,7095,359£834.00£892.00£892.00
LINCOLNSHIRE (7)
Alford9651,111£550.00£580.00£580.00
Boston868908£650.00£650.00£650.00
Grantham1,0351,161£784.00£838.00£838.00
Great Grimsby1,5541,686£626.50£638.50£673.50
Lincoln1,7161,884£620.00£670.00£670.00
Scunthorpe1,5591,655£605.30£685.00£752.00
South Lincs6577429,147£650.00£675.00£725.00
LONDON (24)
Beckenham1,6981,677£900.00£956.00£956.00
Croydon1,7281,905£740.00£760.00£760.00
Eltham3,8093,960£623.00£654.00£654.00
Enfield2,0942,273£730.00£781.00£781.00
Golders Green1,9422,191£655.00£670.00£670.00
Hendon8511,063£650.00£650.00£650.00
Honor Oak1,4251,163£660.50£671.50£671.50
Islington881915£560.00£575.00£645.00
Kingston-upon-Thames9151,002£550.00£599.00£599.00
Lambeth685791£543.00£599.00£599.00
Lewisham1,1411,257£667.00£680.00£749.00
London (City of)2,5852,630£360.00£380.00£380.00
London (East)543596£698.00£739.00£739.00
London (South)8961,010£780.00£831.00£831.00
London (West)997981£595.00£650.00£650.00
Manor Park321391£650.00£685.00£685.00
Mortlake2,1872,468£575.00£575.00£575.00
New Southgate828864£745.00£780.00£780.00
North East Surrey1,8101,586£535.00£545.00£545.00
Putney Vale1,2181,482£587.00£599.00£599.00
Ruislip3,0553,183£575.00£614.00£614.00
St Marylebone640716£575.00£590.00£590.00
South West Middlesex2,2742,454£490.00£490.00£530.00
West Norwood4801,05537,613£531.00£599.00£599.00
MANCHESTER (GREATER) (14)
Altrincham1,6611,695£639.00£654.00£654.00
Atherton (Howe Bridge)1,0051,082£695.00£735.00£735.00
Bolton2,1522,282£635.00£675.00£675.00
Bury9571,057£805.00£861.00£861.00
Dukinfield1,9082,092£650.00£650.00£676.00
Manchester (Blackley)1,0791,132£590.00£632.00£632.00
Manchester (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) 1,9662,020£630.00£695.00£695.00
Middleton402438£600.00£623.00£623.00
Oldham1,5251,625£667.00£678.50£678.50
Peel Green628665£740.00£740.00£740.00
Rochdale1,1241,266£600.00£623.00£623.00
Salford1,0891,119£740.00£740.00£740.00
Stockport2,2922,518£662.00£675.00£724.00
Wigan1,0221,13020,121£600.00£615.00£640.50
MERSEYSIDE (6)
Birkenhead2,9103,190£630.00£643.00£643.00
Liverpool (Anfield)1,8831,995£745.00£755.00£755.00
Liverpool (Springwood)2,1112,264£745.00£755.00£755.00
St Helens2,3412,444£566.00£580.00£580.00
Southport1,6181,734£815.00£855.00£867.00
Thornton (Crosby)1,5021,57913,206£815.00£855.00£867.00
NORFOLK (4)
Great Yarmouth1,9681,965£660.00£698.00£751.50
King’s Lynn1,9152,049£676.00£713.00£739.50
Norwich (Earlham Road)1,5811,783£852.00£910.00£910.00
Norwich (Horsham St Faith)2,3262,4168,213£852.00£910.00£910.00
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (2)
Kettering2,4332,657£806.00£806.00£822.00
Northampton1,8191,9994,656£888.00£943.00£943.00
NORTHUMBERLAND (1)
Blyth1,379397397£730.00£732.00£869.00
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (4)
Bramcote2,9943,156£586.00£615.00£615.00
Mansfield2,7242,630£583.50£623.50£623.50
Nottingham1,9992,267£498.00£545.00£580.00
Sherwood Forest1,0731,1079,160£794.00£849.00£849.00
OXFORDSHIRE (3)
Abingdon (South Oxfordshire)0801£810.00£870.00£915.00
(Opened January ‘15)
Banbury9821,065£795.00£835.00£835.00
Oxford2,5261,9753,841£886.00£943.00£943.00
SHROPSHIRE (2)
Shrewsbury1,6941,939£685.00£699.00£699.00
Telford1,2431,4503,389£719.00£769.00£769.00
SOMERSET (6)
Bath1,5341,655£645.00£710.00£710.00
Mendip708771£701.00£750.00£750.00
Sedgemoor674831£625.00£715.00£740.00
Taunton1,8722,075£650.00£750.00£750.00
Weston-Super-Mare1,2131,339£815.00£872.00£872.00
Yeovil1,5241,7218,392£560.00£674.00£724.00
STAFFORDSHIRE (5)
Bretby1,5391,717£566.00£615.00£705.00
Lichfield372494£625.00£638.00£638.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme1,4001,615£651.00£671.00£671.00
Stafford1,8571,819£625.00£655.00£655.00
Stoke-on-Trent2,1132,2677,912£575.00£590.00£590.00
SUFFOLK (4)
Bury St Edmunds2,0472,263£745.00£785.00£785.00
Ipswich890997£630.00£660.00£660.00
Nacton (Seven Hills)1,6571,928£630.00£630.00£678.00
Waveney (Opened November ‘15)0755,263£0.00£720.00£760.00
SURREY (3)
Guildford1,7561,781£755.00£785.00£785.00
Leatherhead1,7252,253£900.00£956.00£956.00
Woking1,5701,6275,661£785.00£825.00£825.00
SUSSEX (EAST) (4)
Brighton (The Downs)1,2781,343£540.00£584.50£584.50
Brighton & Hove (Woodvale)2,0811,969£600.00£620.00£620.00
Eastbourne2,4072,738£620.00£640.00£655.00
Hastings1,4041,4697,519£615.00£622.00£622.00
SUSSEX (WEST) (3)
Chichester1,7762,015£900.00£956.00£956.00
Crawley (Surrey & Sussex)2,8723,107£900.00£956.00£956.00
Worthing2,9643,3618,483£675.00£771.50£798.50
TYNE & WEAR (7)
Birtley389465£682.00£716.00£716.00
Gateshead1,2691,366£682.00£716.00£716.00
Newcastle upon Tyne2,8913,302£706.00£734.00£734.00
South Shields1,3791,512£706.00£742.00£742.00
Sunderland2,4432,530£626.00£657.00£657.00
Tynemouth1981,212£693.00£699.50£699.50
Whitley Bay1,7901,83612,223£693.00£699.50£699.50
WARWICKSHIRE (4)
Coleshill (Woodlands)810795£660.00£690.00£735.00
Leamington Spa1,7191,691£607.00£630.00£630.00
Nuneaton1,9752,078£900.00£956.00£956.00
Rugby (Opened April ‘14)5768285,392£750.00£775.00£775.00
WEST MIDLANDS (12)
Birmingham (Lodge Hill)1,8362,094£628.00£685.00£730.00
Birmingham (Perry Barr)826844£716.00£766.00£766.00
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)1,8782,008£628.00£747.00£747.00
Birmingham (Yardley)1,1991,215£685.00£747.00£747.00
Coventry2,3892,528£630.00£667.00£667.00
Dudley1,6761,934£696.00£752.00£752.00
Rowley Regis794551£631.00£656.00£656.00
Solihull1,8831,938£660.00£690.00£735.00
Stourbridge1,3241,497£696.00£752.00£752.00
Walsall1,9912,090£657.00£723.00£723.00
West Bromwich1,8842,201£631.00£656.00£656.00
Wolverhampton2,4602,64521,545£684.00£701.00£701.00
WILTSHIRE (3)
Salisbury1,3151,573£795.00£815.00£815.00
Swindon1,9962,028£720.00£740.00£740.00
West Wiltshire1,8602,1285,729£755.00£795.00£795.00
WORCESTERSHIRE (3)
Redditch1,5121,816£540.00£580.00£610.00
Stourport (Wyre Forest)8471,051£762.00£815.00£815.00
Worcester1,9981,9674,834£750.00£760.00£825.00
YORKSHIRE (EAST) (3)
East Riding1,1331,233£773.00£826.00£826.00
Haltemprice1,3171,521£703.00£752.00£752.00
Hull2,3532,5215,275£620.00£640.00£640.00
YORKSHIRE (NORTH) (4)
Harrogate1,4611,594£764.00£787.00£815.00
Scarborough1,0491,129£610.50£656.00£656.00
Skipton9771,005£615.00£656.00£656.00
York2,2192,3426,070£815.00£856.00£886.00
YORKSHIRE (SOUTH) (6)
Barnsley1,8801,995£673.00£700.00£700.00
Doncaster2,3892,495£700.00£700.00£711.00
Rotherham1,8371,920£824.00£881.00£881.00
Sheffield (City Road)1,1571,309£650.00£690.00£690.00
Sheffield (Grenoside)1,8572,036£670.00£703.50£703.50
Sheffield (Hutcliffe Wood)1,6411,78611,541£650.00£690.00£690.00
YORKSHIRE (WEST) (11)
Bradford1,0111,058£650.00£694.00£694.00
Dewsbury Moor1,1641,403£663.00£685.00£685.00
Halifax1,6711,764£655.00£687.00£687.00
Huddersfield1,7491,766£663.00£685.00£685.00
Keighley552626£650.00£694.00£694.00
Leeds (Cottingley Hall)1,3961,573£778.00£860.00£860.00
Leeds (Lawnswood)1,9591,998£778.00£860.00£860.00
Pontefract1,7241,853£759.00£793.00£793.00
Rawdon1,9341,907£778.00£860.00£860.00
Shipley1,2911,353£650.00£694.00£694.00
Wakefield1,1061,13316,434£759.00£793.00£793.00
SCOTLAND (27)
Aberdeen2,5632,732£693.00£693.00£743.00
Ayr1,2831,417£651.00£788.00£788.00
Cardross591658£523.20£628.00£652.00
Clydebank1,5211,430£570.00£617.00£617.00
Dumfries (Roucan Loch)820889£715.00£745.00£745.00
Dundee1,5541,725£883.00£934.00£934.00
Dunfermline862933£626.00£642.00£642.00
Edinburgh (Mortonhall)2,4082,120£680.00£708.00£741.00
Edinburgh (Seafield)8401,000£685.00£685.00£685.00
Edinburgh (Warriston)1,7642,080£685.00£685.00£685.00
Falkirk1,9012,045£579.00£693.00£693.00
Friockheim809816£883.00£930.00£930.00
Glasgow (Craigton)886936£651.00£652.00£682.00
Glasgow (Daldowie)2,5682,911£568.00£599.00£599.00
Glasgow (The Linn)1,8672,031£568.00£599.00£599.00
Glasgow (Maryhill)1,3501,635£625.00£625.00£625.00
Greenock9641,047£511.60£522.00£522.00
Holytown1,1841,229£701.00£736.00£736.00
Inverness9661,041£638.00£849.00£903.00
Irvine1,4161,453£778.00£815.00£815.00
Kirkcaldy1,7171,869£626.00£642.00£642.00
Melrose (Borders)695770£735.00£770.00£770.00
Moray566610£890.00£934.00£984.00
Paisley1,4521,606£570.00£570.00£600.00
Perth1,0771,214£749.00£749.00£749.00
South Lanarkshire1,3411,506£599.40£599.40£599.40
West Lothian78184438,547£735.00£770.00£770.00
WALES (14)
Aberdare1,2571,224£626.00£655.00£764.00
Aberystwyth603667£695.00£735.00£735.00
Bangor1,0071,180£523.00£540.00£560.00
Barry (Cardiff & Glamorgan)863904£665.00£735.00£790.00
Bridgend1,6511,581£615.00£623.00£644.00
Cardiff2,6192,819£515.00£530.00£530.00
Colwyn Bay1,8401,890£552.00£569.00£589.00
Gwent2,8492,929£592.00£651.00£671.00
Llanelli1,2131,331£605.00£655.00£655.00
Margam1,1281,461£585.00£585.00£585.00
Narberth1,3621,420£563.80£564.00£564.00
Pontypridd1,2311,301£626.00£655.00£655.00
Swansea2,0982,116£580.00£610.00£638.00
Wrexham (Pentrebychan)1,9071,95322,776£646.00£656.00£656.00
CHANNEL ISLANDS (2)
Guernsey349355£552.00£555.00£555.00
Jersey502564919£724.00£724.00£724.00
NORTHERN IRELAND (1)
Belfast3,0143,2193,219£360.00£364.00£364.00
TOTALS429,254462,916462,916
2015 average cremation fee£679.56
2016 average cremation fee£709.70
2015 average total crematorium charge£689.35
2016 average total crematorium charge£720.43
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