2016 Cremation Facts and Figures

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  • Cremation rate in 2016 was 76.54%
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  • There were 459,693 cremations in the UK in 2016 across 281 crematoriums. Each Crematorium had an average of 1,636 cremations in 2016
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  • The most expensive crematorium in 2016 was Beckenham (£956) and the cheapest was Belfast (£364)
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  • The average cost of a cremation in 2016 was £744.93
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Cremation Cost & Number of Cremations in 2016

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Crematoria1st jan-31st jan 20151st jan-31st jan 2016county totalApril 2016 feeJanuary 2017 feetotal cost
BEDFORDSHIRE (2)
Bedford1,8071,766£669.70£726.70£783.30
Luton1,8641,8373,603£720.00£730.00£730.00
BERKSHIRE (4)
Bracknell1,9161,997£773.00£773.00£773.00
Reading1,7461,731£725.00£725.00£725.00
Slough1,5411,174£760.00£760.00£760.00
West Berkshire (Thatcham)1,1491,1596,061£815.00£875.00£875.00
BRISTOL (3)
Bristol (Canford)1,6811,569£715.00£745.00£745.00
Bristol (South)1,9861,912£715.00£745.00£745.00
Westerleigh2,3522,5155,996£795.00£865.00£865.00
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (2)
Amersham (Chilterns)3,5523,491£546.00£546.00£591.00
Milton Keynes1,9902,0485,539£910.00£910.00£957.00
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (3)
Cambridge2,8452,786£704.00£718.00£718.00
March (Fenland)878910£815.00£885.00£885.00
Peterborough2,1682,1545,850£783.00£822.00£822.00
CHESHIRE (6)
Chester2,0312,039£715.00£715.00£715.00
Crewe1,0831,108£620.00£620.00£650.00
Macclesfield1,6071,664£620.00£620.00£650.00
Northwich1,0021,098£695.00£765.00£790.00
Warrington2,0181,952£607.00£642.00£667.00
Widnes6387008,561£650.00£650.00£650.00
CLEVELAND (3)
Hartlepool1,009902£686.00£686.00£686.00
Kirkleatham1,0181,089£705.00£770.00£810.00
Middlesbrough3,1243,1105,101£670.00£670.00£670.00
CORNWALL (3)
Bodmin1,5631,631£872.00£947.00£947.00
Camborne1,2911,259£695.00£765.00£765.00
Truro1,5901,6434,533£615.00£614.00£655.00
CUMBRIA (3)
Barrow-in-Furness9821,002£737.00£738.00£738.00
Carlisle1,4811,556£772.50£772.50£817.50
Distington (Whitehaven)1,0289463,504£792.50£793.50£793.50
DERBYSHIRE (3)
Alfreton (Amber Valley)8681,190£720.00£770.00£810.00
(Opened January ‘15)
Chesterfield2,2202,178£650.00£690.00£733.00
Derby2,7652,5915,959£697.00£697.00£697.00
DEVON (6)
Barnstaple1,5371,573£630.00£630.00£630.00
Exeter2,4322,443£865.00£940.00£940.00
Plymouth (Efford)1,1731,166£825.00£891.00£936.00
Plymouth (Weston Mill)1,6381,701£825.00£891.00£936.00
Torquay2,4722,505£845.00£895.00£895.00
Whimple (East Devon)1,3801,56610,954£850.00£850.00£875.00
DORSET (3)
Bournemouth3,5823,300£713.00£713.00£713.00
Poole2,6822,610£758.00£758.00£768.00
Weymouth1,2751,3627,272£722.00£740.00£740.00
DURHAM (4)
Darlington1,7381,636£750.00£750.00£750.00
Durham2,2652,313£650.00£650.00£680.00
Mountsett1,3361,391£650.00£650.00£650.00
Wear Valley9089626,302£728.00£795.00£834.00
ESSEX (10)
Basildon2,1802,275£795.00£865.00£865.00
Braintree969962£844.00£917.00£917.00
Brentwood709734£800.00£870.00£870.00
Chelmsford2,2012,181£670.00£670.00£670.00
Colchester1,6671,453£712.00£712.00£712.00
Harlow1,8131,824£785.00£865.00£865.00
Redbridge (Forest Park)1,3341,321£795.00£865.00£865.00
Southend-on-Sea2,5032,420£740.00£740.00£740.00
South Essex3,1923,193£730.00£730.00£730.00
Weeley1,4001,70318,066£760.00£760.00£760.00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3)
Cheltenham2,0162,047£645.00£645.00£645.00
Gloucester (Coney Hill)1,8021,814£680.32£810.00£810.00
Gloucester (Forest of Dean)9941,0714,932£785.00£845.00£845.00
HAMPSHIRE (6)
Aldershot1,6481,646£816.00£816.00£816.00
Basingstoke1,8061,776£882.00£958.00£958.00
Havant1,3731,542£785.00£785.00£845.00
Portchester3,3293,355£594.00£560.00£613.00
Southampton2,3882,351£715.00£740.00£740.00
Southampton (Wessex Vale)1,7571,85012,520£785.00£845.00£845.00
HEREFORDSHIRE (1)
Hereford1,6531,6601,660£684.00£684.00£684.00
HERTFORDSHIRE (2)
Harwood Park2,4272,367£890.00£890.00£890.00
West Hertfordshire3,1823,1145,481£540.00£540.00£540.00
ISLE OF MAN (1)
Douglas600597597£753.50£753.50£753.50
ISLE OF WIGHT (1)
Whippingham1,4981,4681,468£691.00£691.00£730.00
KENT (9)
Barham2,5202,472£790.00£850.00£885.00
Charing1,4521,408£790.00£850.00£885.00
Folkestone740668£858.00£932.00£932.00
Gravesend (Opened January ‘17)03£0.00£720.00£720.00
Maidstone1,5751,662£634.00£634.00£634.00
Margate1,6721,707£705.00£705.00£750.00
Medway2,8522,632£627.00£627.00£662.00
Sittingbourne1,2931,217£720.00£720.00£720.00
Tunbridge Wells2,3382,34614,115£706.00£706.00£706.00
LANCASHIRE (9)
Accrington986980£575.00£625.00£625.00
Blackburn1,1811,301£640.00£675.00£675.00
Blackpool1,8941,983£670.00£670.00£670.00
Burnley1,5601,504£622.00£672.00£672.00
Chorley1,2191,191£861.00£936.00£936.00
Lancaster & Morecambe1,9081,829£906.00£984.00£984.00
Lytham St Annes1,8061,747£625.00£625.00£625.00
Ormskirk (Opened February ‘16)0695£695.00£745.00£745.00
Preston1,4321,39112,621£612.00£612.00£612.00
LEICESTERSHIRE (3)
Countesthorpe (South Leicester) 9211,462£820.00£860.00£860.00
(Opened February ‘15)
Leicester2,7292,364£765.00£765.00£765.00
Loughborough1,7091,6955,521£892.00£969.00£969.00
LINCOLNSHIRE (7)
Alford1,1111,033£580.00£610.00£610.00
Boston908883£650.00£670.00£670.00
Grantham1,1611,094£838.00£910.00£910.00
Great Grimsby1,6861,769£638.50£638.50£673.50
Lincoln1,8841,850£670.00£670.00£670.00
Scunthorpe1,6551,638£685.00£685.00£752.00
South Lincs7428039,070£675.00£700.00£700.00
LONDON (24)
Beckenham1,6771,653£956.00£999.00£999.00
Croydon1,9051,758£760.00£760.00£760.00
Eltham3,9603,875£654.00£654.00£654.00
Enfield2,2732,024£781.00£850.00£850.00
Golders Green2,1912,049£670.00£670.00£670.00
Hendon1,063995£650.00£650.00£650.00
Honor Oak1,1631,315£671.50£729.00£758.00
Islington915909£575.00£600.00£670.00
Kingston-upon-Thames1,002964£599.00£599.00£599.00
Lambeth791791£599.00£599.00£599.00
Lewisham1,2571,223£680.00£680.00£680.00
London (City of)2,6302,432£380.00£407.00£407.00
London (East)596520£739.00£803.00£803.00
London (South)1,010888£831.00£903.00£903.00
London (West)9811,027£650.00£650.00£650.00
Manor Park391380£685.00£720.00£720.00
Mortlake2,4682,343£575.00£575.00£575.00
New Southgate864807£780.00£825.00£825.00
North East Surrey1,5861,726£545.00£555.00£555.00
Putney Vale1,4821,281£599.00£599.00£599.00
Ruislip3,1833,082£614.00£649.00£649.00
St Marylebone716674£590.00£590.00£590.00
South West Middlesex2,4542,374£490.00£490.00£550.00
West Norwood1,05590935,999£599.00£599.00£599.00
MANCHESTER (GREATER) (14)
Altrincham1,6951,552£654.00£654.00£654.00
Atherton (Howe Bridge)1,0821,186£735.00£795.00£795.00
Bolton2,2822,195£675.00£675.00£675.00
Bury1,0571,011£861.00£936.00£936.00
Dukinfield2,0922,035£650.00£660.00£686.00
Manchester (Blackley)1,1321,112£632.00£632.00£632.00
Manchester (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) 2,0202,021£695.00£725.00£725.00
Middleton438377£623.00£623.00£623.00
Oldham1,6251,586£678.50£680.00£680.00
Peel Green665669£740.00£740.00£740.00
Rochdale1,2661,322£623.00£623.00£623.00
Salford1,1191,167£740.00£740.00£740.00
Stockport2,5182,479£675.00£675.00£675.00
Wigan1,1301,12819,840£615.00£615.00£615.00
MERSEYSIDE (6)
Birkenhead3,1903,229£643.00£643.00£643.00
Liverpool (Anfield)1,9952,188£755.00£755.00£755.00
Liverpool (Springwood)2,2642,343£755.00£755.00£755.00
St Helens2,4442,512£580.00£580.00£580.00
Southport1,7341,399£855.00£855.00£867.00
Thornton (Crosby)1,5791,25012,921£855.00£855.00£867.00
NORFOLK (5)
Cromer (Opened in January ‘17)00£0.00£875.00£875.00
Great Yarmouth1,9651,593£698.00£698.00£751.50
King’s Lynn2,0492,209£713.00£713.00£739.50
Norwich (Earlham Road)1,7831,648£910.00£989.00£989.00
Norwich (Horsham St Faith)2,4162,2427,692£910.00£989.00£989.00
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (3)
Kettering2,6572,427£806.00£806.00£806.00
Northampton1,9991,667£943.00£999.00£999.00
Wellingborough (Opened Sep‘16)01814,275£0.00£899.00£899.00
NORTHUMBERLAND (1)
Blyth3971,5661,566£732.00£720.00£720.00
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (5)
Bramcote3,1562,973£615.00£615.00£672.00
Gedling (Opened January ‘17)00£0.00£635.00£635.00
Mansfield2,6302,588£623.50£623.50£663.50
Nottingham2,2672,181£545.00£605.00£642.00
Sherwood Forest1,1071,1778,919£849.00£923.00£923.00
OXFORDSHIRE (3)
Abingdon (South Oxfordshire)8011,423£870.00£915.00£965.00
(Opened January ‘15)
Banbury1,0651,072£835.00£835.00£835.00
Oxford1,9751,6294,124£943.00£999.00£999.00
SHROPSHIRE (2)
Shrewsbury1,9391,977£699.00£699.00£753.00
Telford1,4501,4803,457£769.00£836.00£836.00
SOMERSET (6)
Bath1,6551,657£710.00£710.00£710.00
Mendip771708£750.00£815.00£815.00
Sedgemoor831870£715.00£765.00£790.00
Taunton2,0751,991£750.00£750.00£750.00
Weston-Super-Mare1,3391,376£872.00£947.00£947.00
Yeovil1,7211,7188,320£674.00£674.00£724.00
STAFFORDSHIRE (5)
Bretby1,7171,766£615.00£650.00£700.00
Lichfield494418£638.00£638.00£688.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme1,6151,592£671.00£671.00£671.00
Stafford1,8191,848£655.00£675.00£675.00
Stoke-on-Trent2,2672,1657,789£590.00£590.00£590.00
SUFFOLK (4)
Bury St Edmunds2,2632,288£785.00£845.00£845.00
Ipswich997820£660.00£660.00£660.00
Nacton (Seven Hills)1,9281,811£630.00£695.00£743.00
Waveney (Opened November ‘15)757725,691£720.00£785.00£825.00
SURREY (3)
Guildford1,7811,741£785.00£785.00£785.00
Leatherhead2,2532,182£956.00£999.00£999.00
Woking1,6271,6195,542£825.00£820.00£820.00
SUSSEX (EAST) (4)
Brighton (The Downs)1,3431,285£584.50£600.00£600.00
Brighton & Hove (Woodvale)1,9692,018£620.00£620.00£620.00
Eastbourne2,7382,626£640.00£640.00£655.00
Hastings1,4691,4487,377£622.00£642.00£642.00
SUSSEX (WEST) (3)
Chichester2,0151,906£956.00£999.00£1,009.00
Crawley (Surrey & Sussex)3,1073,017£956.00£999.00£999.00
Worthing3,3613,2668,189£771.50£795.00£825.00
TYNE & WEAR (7)
Birtley465459£716.00£716.00£716.00
Gateshead1,3661,338£716.00£716.00£716.00
Newcastle upon Tyne3,3022,962£734.00£764.00£764.00
South Shields1,5121,442£742.00£754.00£754.00
Sunderland2,5302,432£657.00£657.00£657.00
Tynemouth1,2121,094£699.50£706.50£706.50
Whitley Bay1,83694110,668£699.50£706.50£706.50
WARWICKSHIRE (4)
Coleshill (Woodlands)795819£690.00£710.00£710.00
Leamington Spa1,6911,711£630.00£650.00£650.00
Nuneaton2,0781,928£956.00£999.00£999.00
Rugby8288755,333£775.00£775.00£775.00
WEST MIDLANDS (12)
Birmingham (Lodge Hill)2,0941,937£685.00£747.00£747.00
Birmingham (Perry Barr)844932£766.00£832.00£832.00
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) 2,0081,919£747.00£747.00£747.00
Birmingham (Yardley)1,2151,173£747.00£747.00£747.00
Coventry2,5282,478£667.00£767.00£812.00
Dudley1,9341,765£752.00£812.00£812.00
Rowley Regis551914£656.00£656.00£656.00
Solihull1,9381,877£690.00£710.00£710.00
Stourbridge1,4971,328£752.00£812.00£812.00
Walsall2,0902,009£723.00£781.00£781.00
West Bromwich2,2012,038£656.00£656.00£656.00
Wolverhampton2,6452,57020,940£701.00£715.00£715.00
WILTSHIRE (3)
Salisbury1,5731,509£815.00£815.00£815.00
Swindon2,0282,001£740.00£800.00£800.00
West Wiltshire2,1282,0185,528£795.00£865.00£865.00
WORCESTERSHIRE (3)
Redditch1,8161,743£580.00£580.00£610.00
Stourport (Wyre Forest)1,0511,036£815.00£885.00£885.00
Worcester1,9671,9424,721£760.00£760.00£822.00
YORKSHIRE (EAST) (3)
East Riding1,2331,173£826.00£897.00£897.00
Haltemprice1,5211,512£752.00£817.00£817.00
Hull2,5212,4435,128£640.00£640.00£640.00
YORKSHIRE (NORTH) (4)
Harrogate1,5941,584£787.00£807.00£885.00
Scarborough1,1291,156£656.00£650.00£650.00
Skipton1,0051,023£656.00£656.00£656.00
York2,3422,3046,067£856.00£855.00£885.00
YORKSHIRE (SOUTH) (6)
Barnsley1,9951,932£700.00£700.00£700.00
Doncaster2,4952,528£700.00£700.00£711.00
Rotherham1,9201,978£881.00£881.00£881.00
Sheffield (City Road)1,3091,308£690.00£690.00£690.00
Sheffield (Grenoside)2,0362,016£685.00£685.00£685.00
Sheffield (Hutcliffe Wood)1,7861,74711,509£690.00£690.00£690.00
YORKSHIRE (WEST) (11)
Bradford1,0581,107£694.00£694.00£694.00
Dewsbury Moor1,4031,365£685.00£699.00£699.00
Halifax1,7641,775£687.00£688.10£688.10
Huddersfield1,7661,714£685.00£699.00£699.00
Keighley626629£694.00£694.00£694.00
Leeds (Cottingley Hall)1,5731,589£860.00£809.00£809.00
Leeds (Lawnswood)1,9981,952£860.00£809.00£809.00
Pontefract1,8531,902£793.00£793.00£793.00
Rawdon1,9071,940£860.00£809.00£809.00
Shipley1,3531,346£694.00£694.00£694.00
Wakefield1,1331,20216,521£793.00£793.00£793.00
SCOTLAND (28)
Aberdeen2,7322,435£693.00£693.00£748.00
Ayr1,4171,344£788.00£788.00£788.00
Cardross658716£628.00£647.00£647.00
Clydebank1,4301,325£617.00£617.00£617.00
Crathes (Opened May ‘16)0254£0.00£795.00£795.00
Dumfries (Roucan Loch)889860£745.00£740.00£775.00
Dundee1,7251,708£934.00£999.00£999.00
Dunfermline933978£642.00£642.00£642.00
Edinburgh (Mortonhall)2,120647£708.00£708.00£708.00
Edinburgh (Seafield)1,0001,492£685.00£692.00£692.00
Edinburgh (Warriston)2,0802,908£685.00£692.00£692.00
Falkirk2,0452,046£693.00£608.00£693.00
Friockheim816832£930.00£999.00£999.00
Glasgow (Craigton)936904£652.00£652.00£652.00
Glasgow (Daldowie)2,9112,874£599.00£599.00£599.00
Glasgow (The Linn)2,0311,905£599.00£599.00£599.00
Glasgow (Maryhill)1,6351,694£625.00£625.00£625.00
Greenock1,0471,042£522.00£522.00£522.00
Holytown1,2291,285£736.00£800.00£800.00
Inverness1,0411,088£849.00£849.00£849.00
Irvine1,4531,497£815.00£885.00£885.00
Kirkcaldy1,8691,964£642.00£642.00£642.00
Melrose (Borders)770777£770.00£800.00£800.00
Moray610622£934.00£999.00£999.00
Paisley1,6061,592£570.00£625.00£625.00
Perth1,2141,177£749.00£749.00£749.00
South Lanarkshire1,5061,584£599.40£599.40£599.40
West Lothian8441,00338,553£770.00£800.00£800.00
WALES (15)
Aberdare1,2241,258£655.00£655.00£764.00
Aberystwyth667697£735.00£795.00£795.00
Bangor1,1801,077£540.00£547.50£547.50
Barry (Cardiff & Glamorgan)9041,014£735.00£750.00£790.00
Bridgend1,5811,589£623.00£623.00£644.00
Cardiff2,8192,787£530.00£530.00£530.00
Colwyn Bay1,8901,439£569.00£569.00£569.00
Gwent2,9292,970£651.00£651.00£651.00
Llanelli1,3311,386£655.00£695.00£695.00
Margam1,4611,536£585.00£585.00£585.00
Narberth1,4201,432£564.00£564.00£564.00
Pontypridd1,3011,352£655.00£655.00£655.00
St Asaph (Opened May ‘16)0619£0.00£600.00£640.00
Swansea2,1162,083£610.00£610.00£638.00
Wrexham (Pentrebychan)1,9531,97623,215£656.00£656.00£656.00
CHANNEL ISLANDS (2)
Guernsey355376£555.00£557.00£598.00
Jersey5646261,002£724.00£738.50£738.50
NORTHERN IRELAND (1)
Belfast3,2193,5213,521£364.00£364.00£364.00
TOTALS462,916459,693459,693
2016 average cremation fee£709.70
2017 average cremation fee£735.70
2016 average total crematorium charge£720.43
2017 average total crematorium charge£744.93
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