2017 Cremation Facts and Figures

  • The cremation rate in 2017 was 77.05%
  • The busiest crematorium in 2017 was Amersham with 3,764
  • There were 467,748 cremations in the UK in 2017 across 289 crematoriums. Each Crematorium had an average of 1607 cremations in 2017
  • The most expensive crematorium in 2017 was Beckenham (£999) and the cheapest was Belfast (£364)
  • The average cost of a cremation in 2017 was £783.18

Cremation Cost & Number of Cremations in 2017

 

Crematoria 1st jan-31st jan 2016 1st jan-31st jan 2017 county total Jan 2017 fee Jan 2018 fee total cost
BEDFORDSHIRE (2)            
Bedford 1,766 1,814   £726.70 £745.00 £745.00
Luton 1,837 1,819 3,633 £730.00 £730.00 £730.00
BERKSHIRE (4)            
Bracknell 1,997 1,899   £773.00 £800.00 £800.00
Reading 1,731 1,809   £725.00 £745.00 £745.00
Slough 1,174 1,176   £760.00 £770.00 £770.00
West Berkshire (Thatcham) 1,159 1,144 6,028 £875.00 £930.00 £930.00
BRISTOL (3)            
Bristol (Canford) 1,569 1,548   £745.00 £770.00 £770.00
Bristol (South) 1,912 1,924   £745.00 £770.00 £770.00
Westerleigh 2,515 2,705 6,177 £865.00 £915.00 £915.00
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (2)            
Amersham (Chilterns) 3,491 3,764   £546.00 £575.00 £620.00
Milton Keynes 2,048 2,008 5,772 £910.00 £914.50 £962.50
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (3)            
Cambridge 2,786 2,683   £718.00 £718.00 £741.00
March (Fenland) 910 1,011   £885.00 £950.00 £950.00
Peterborough 2,154 2,242 5,936 £822.00 £870.00 £870.00
CHESHIRE (6)            
Chester 2,039 1,986   £715.00 £722.00 £722.00
Crewe 1,108 1,100   £620.00 £690.00 £690.00
Macclesfield 1,664 1,669   £620.00 £690.00 £690.00
Northwich 1,098 1,105   £765.00 £815.00 £850.00
Warrington 1,952 1,921   £642.00 £677.00 £703.00
Widnes 700 633 8,414 £650.00 £700.00 £700.00
CLEVELAND (3)            
Hartlepool 902 931   £686.00 £710.00 £762.00
Kirkleatham 1,089 1,175   £770.00 £810.00 £854.00
Middlesbrough 3,110 3,118 5,224 £670.00 £700.00 £740.00
CORNWALL (3)            
Bodmin 1,631 1,589   £947.00 £999.00 £999.00
Camborne 1,259 1,394   £765.00 £815.00 £815.00
Truro 1,643 1,586 4,569 £614.00 £630.00 £670.00
CUMBRIA (3)            
Barrow-in-Furness 1,002 950   £738.00 £959.00 £959.00
Carlisle 1,556 1,516   £772.50 £796.00 £822.00
Distington (Whitehaven) 946 1,047 3,513 £793.50 £793.50 £793.50
DERBYSHIRE (3)            
Alfreton (Amber Valley) 1,190 1,346   £770.00 £799.00 £843.00
Chesterfield 2,178 2,339   £690.00 £730.00 £773.00
Derby 2,591 2,652 6,337 £697.00 £671.00 £671.00
DEVON (6)            
Barnstaple 1,573 1,597   £630.00 £640.00 £640.00
Exeter 2,443 2,376   £940.00 £999.00 £999.00
Plymouth (Efford) 1,166 1,245   £891.00 £895.00 £925.00
Plymouth (Weston Mill) 1,701 1,592   £891.00 £895.00 £925.00
Torquay 2,505 2,476   £895.00 £945.00 £945.00
Whimple (East Devon) 1,566 1,569 10,855 £850.00 £850.00 £875.00
DORSET (4)            
Bournemouth 3,300 3,529   £713.00 £744.00 £744.00
Poole 2,610 2,408   £758.00 £773.00 £783.00
Purbeck (Opened Sept ‘17) 0 137   £538.00 £538.00 £623.00
Weymouth 1,362 1,299 7,373 £740.00 £758.00 £758.00
DURHAM (4)            
Darlington 1,636 1,642   £750.00 £821.00 £821.00
Durham 2,313 2,299   £650.00 £650.00 £665.00
Mountsett 1,391 1,371   £650.00 £670.00 £670.00
Wear Valley 962 966 6,278 £795.00 £850.00 £895.00
ESSEX (11)            
Basildon 2,275 2,237   £865.00 £915.00 £915.00
Braintree 962 1,054   £917.00 £980.00 £980.00
Brentwood 734 856   £870.00 £935.00 £935.00
Chelmsford 2,181 2,154   £670.00 £685.00 £685.00
Colchester 1,453 1,480   £712.00 £727.00 £727.00
Harlow 1,824 1,719   £865.00 £895.00 £895.00
Redbridge (Forest Park) 1,321 1,234   £865.00 £895.00 £895.00
Saffron Walden (Cam Valley) 0 0   £810.00 £810.00
(Opened January ‘18)            
Southend-on-Sea 2,420 2,514   £740.00 £740.00 £740.00
South Essex 3,193 3,211   £730.00 £850.00 £850.00
Weeley 1,703 1,663 18,122 £760.00 £760.00 £760.00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3)            
Cheltenham 2,047 1,945   £645.00 £852.50 £852.50
Gloucester (Coney Hill) 1,814 1,817   £810.00 £830.00 £830.00
Gloucester (Forest of Dean) 1,071 1,079 4,841 £845.00 £895.00 £895.00
HAMPSHIRE (7)            
Aldershot 1,646 1,714   £816.00 £816.00 £816.00
Basingstoke 1,776 1,838   £958.00 £1,025.00 £1,025.00
Havant 1,542 1,662   £785.00 £785.00 £785.00
Portchester 3,355 3,334   £560.00 £615.00 £669.00
Romsey (Opened August ‘17) 0 309   £825.00 £875.00 £875.00
Southampton 2,351 2,296   £740.00 £795.00 £795.00
Southampton (Wessex Vale) 1,850 1,832 12,985 £845.00 £895.00 £895.00
HEREFORDSHIRE (1)            
Hereford 1,660 1,605 1,605 £684.00 £698.00 £698.00
HERTFORDSHIRE (4)            
Harwood Park 2,367 2,135   £890.00 £935.00 £935.00
Hitchin (Opened June ‘17) 0 637   £840.00 £840.00 £890.00
Hoddesdon  (Woollensbrook) 0 402   £865.00 £895.00 £895.00
(Opened March ‘17)            
West Hertfordshire 3,114 3,273 6,447 £540.00 £560.00 £560.00
ISLE OF MAN (1)            
Douglas 597 611 611 £753.50 £783.50 £783.50
ISLE OF WIGHT (1)            
Whippingham 1,468 1,548 1,548 £691.00 £761.00 £805.00
KENT (9)            
Barham 2,472 2,513   £850.00 £895.00 £930.00
Charing 1,408 1,397   £850.00 £895.00 £930.00
Folkestone 668 789   £932.00 £999.00 £999.00
Gravesend (Opened Jan ‘17) 3 1,054   £720.00 £720.00 £720.00
Maidstone 1,662 1,635   £634.00 £666.50 £666.50
Margate 1,707 1,648   £705.00 £768.00 £813.00
Medway 2,632 1,957   £627.00 £650.00 £685.00
Sittingbourne 1,217 1,232   £720.00 £720.00 £720.00
Tunbridge Wells 2,346 2,414 14,639 £706.00 £726.00 £726.00
LANCASHIRE (9)            
Accrington 980 1,033   £625.00 £635.00 £635.00
Blackburn 1,301 1,224   £675.00 £710.00 £710.00
Blackpool 1,983 1,998   £670.00 £705.00 £705.00
Burnley 1,504 1,621   £672.00 £723.00 £723.00
Chorley 1,191 1,231   £936.00 £999.00 £999.00
Lancaster & Morecambe 1,829 1,224   £984.00 £1,055.00 £1,055.00
Lytham St Annes 1,747 1,755   £625.00 £656.00 £656.00
Ormskirk 695 973   £745.00 £795.00 £795.00
Preston 1,391 1,457 12,516 £612.00 £683.00 £683.00
LEICESTERSHIRE (4)            
Countesthorpe 1,462 1,387   £860.00 £900.00 £955.00
(South Leicester)            
Great Glen (Opened March ‘17) 0 505   £825.00 £845.00 £895.00
Leicester 2,364 2,119   £765.00 £799.00 £799.00
Loughborough 1,695 1,571 5,582 £969.00 £1,035.00 £1,035.00
LINCOLNSHIRE (7)            
Alford 1,033 1,110   £610.00 £635.00 £635.00
Boston 883 981   £670.00 £670.00 £670.00
Grantham 1,094 1,154   £910.00 £975.00 £975.00
Great Grimsby 1,769 1,750   £638.50 £638.50 £673.50
Lincoln 1,850 1,908   £670.00 £690.00 £690.00
Scunthorpe 1,638 1,690   £685.00 £699.00 £767.00
South Lincolnshire 803 948 9,541 £700.00 £725.00 £725.00
LONDON (24)            
Beckenham 1,653 1,502   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,070.00
Croydon 1,758 1,772   £760.00 £795.00 £795.00
Eltham 3,875 3,680   £654.00 £670.00 £670.00
Enfield 2,024 1,874   £850.00 £913.00 £913.00
Golders Green 2,049 2,313   £670.00 £690.00 £690.00
Hendon 995 1,061   £650.00 £680.00 £740.00
Honor Oak 1,315 1,948   £729.00 £748.00 £748.00
Islington 909 960   £600.00 £610.00 £680.00
Kingston-upon-Thames 964 919   £599.00 £617.00 £617.00
Lambeth 791 675   £599.00 £615.00 £615.00
Lewisham 1,223 1,235   £680.00 £690.00 £760.00
London (City of) 2,432 2,474   £407.00 £407.00 £407.00
London (East) 520 451   £803.00 £815.00 £815.00
London (South) 888 836   £903.00 £965.00 £965.00
London (West) 1,027 1,025   £650.00 £650.00 £650.00
Manor Park 380 465   £720.00 £760.00 £760.00
Mortlake 2,343 2,292   £575.00 £595.00 £595.00
New Southgate 807 836   £825.00 £875.00 £875.00
North East Surrey 1,726 1,903   £555.00 £570.00 £570.00
Putney Vale 1,281 1,232   £599.00 £599.00 £599.00
Ruislip 3,082 3,062   £649.00 £649.00 £649.00
St Marylebone 674 682   £590.00 £610.00 £610.00
South West Middlesex 2,374 2,635   £490.00 £515.00 £515.00
West Norwood 909 530 36,362 £599.00 £615.00 £615.00
MANCHESTER (GREATER) (14)            
Altrincham 1,552 1,668   £654.00 £675.00 £675.00
Atherton (Howe Bridge) 1,186 1,199   £795.00 £845.00 £845.00
Bolton 2,195 2,112   £675.00 £745.00 £745.00
Bury 1,011 1,049   £936.00 £999.00 £999.00
Dukinfield 2,035 2,086   £660.00 £693.00 £719.00
Manchester (Blackley) 1,112 1,095   £632.00 £645.00 £645.00
Manchester (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) 2,021   1,991   £725.00 £740.00 £740.00
Middleton 377 390   £623.00 £724.80 £724.80
Oldham 1,586 1,502   £680.00 £693.00 £693.00
Peel Green 669 701   £740.00 £740.00 £740.00
Rochdale 1,322 1,268   £623.00 £724.80 £724.80
Salford 1,167 1,120   £740.00 £740.00 £740.00
Stockport 2,479 2,569   £675.00 £675.00 £675.00
Wigan 1,128 1,218 19,968 £615.00 £683.00 £688.00
MERSEYSIDE (6)            
Birkenhead 3,229 3,041   £643.00 £667.00 £667.00
Liverpool (Anfield) 2,188 2,054   £755.00 £830.00 £830.00
Liverpool (Springwood) 2,343 2,389   £755.00 £830.00 £830.00
St Helens 2,512 2,401   £580.00 £605.00 £605.00
Southport 1,399 1,198   £855.00 £855.00 £867.00
Thornton (Crosby) 1,250 1,303 12,386 £855.00 £855.00 £867.00
NORFOLK (5)            
Cromer (Opened in January ‘17) 0 749   £875.00 £915.00 £915.00
Great Yarmouth 1,593 1,434   £698.00 £760.00 £816.00
King’s Lynn 2,209 2,130   £713.00 £734.00 £760.80
Norwich (Earlham Road) 1,648 1,558   £989.00 £1,060.00 £1,060.00
Norwich (Horsham St Faith) 2,242 1,824 7,695 £989.00 £1,060.00 £1,060.00
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (3)            
Kettering 2,427 2,017   £736.00 £736.00 £811.00
Northampton 1,667 1,747   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,070.00
Wellingborough (Nene Valley) 181 695 4,459 £899.00 £899.00 £899.00
(Opened September ‘16)            
NORTHUMBERLAND (1)            
Blyth 1,566 1,590 1,590 £720.00 £720.00 £720.00
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (5)            
Bramcote 2,973 2,762   £615.00 £678.00 £678.00
Gedling (Opened January ‘17) 0 998   £635.00 £695.00 £715.00
Mansfield 2,588 2,501   £623.50 £653.50 £695.50
Nottingham 2,181 1,839   £605.00 £635.00 £659.00
Sherwood Forest 1,177 1,131 9,231 £923.00 £990.00 £990.00
OXFORDSHIRE (3)            
Abingdon (South Oxfordshire) 1,423 1,579   £915.00 £950.00 £1,005.00
Banbury 1,072 991   £835.00 £875.00 £875.00
Oxford 1,629 1,539 4,109 £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,162.00
SHROPSHIRE (2)            
Shrewsbury 1,977 1,902   £699.00 £737.00 £737.00
Telford 1,480 1,563 3,465 £836.00 £890.00 £890.00
SOMERSET (6)            
Bath 1,657 1,645   £710.00 £795.00 £795.00
Mendip 708 801   £815.00 £875.00 £875.00
Sedgemoor 870 971   £765.00 £815.00 £840.00
Taunton 1,991 1,998   £750.00 £715.00 £775.00
Weston-Super-Mare 1,376 1,336   £947.00 £947.00 £947.00
Yeovil 1,718 1,752 8,503 £674.00 £690.00 £690.00
STAFFORDSHIRE (5)            
Bretby 1,766 1,835   £650.00 £680.00 £680.00
Lichfield 418 726   £638.00 £685.00 £685.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme 1,592 1,507   £671.00 £691.00 £691.00
Stafford 1,848 1,906   £675.00 £700.00 £700.00
Stoke-on-Trent 2,165 2,303 8,277 £590.00 £655.00 £655.00
SUFFOLK (4)            
Bury St Edmunds 2,288 2,270   £845.00 £895.00 £895.00
Ipswich 820 893   £660.00 £695.00 £695.00
Nacton (Seven Hills) 1,811 1,874   £695.00 £695.00 £743.00
Waveney 772 1,144 6,181 £785.00 £810.00 £854.00
SURREY (3)            
Guildford 1,741 1,434   £785.00 £785.00 £785.00
Leatherhead 2,182 2,282   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,070.00
Woking 1,619 1,651 5,367 £820.00 £860.00 £860.00
SUSSEX (EAST) (4)            
Brighton (The Downs) 1,285 1,127   £600.00 £633.00 £633.00
Brighton & Hove (Woodvale) 2,018 1,967   £620.00 £633.00 £633.00
Eastbourne 2,626 2,554   £640.00 £660.00 £660.00
Hastings 1,448 1,480 7,128 £642.00 £688.00 £688.00
SUSSEX (WEST) (3)            
Chichester 1,906 1,838   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,070.00
Crawley (Surrey & Sussex) 3,017 3,065   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,070.00
Worthing 3,266 3,626 8,529 £795.00 £845.00 £880.00
TYNE & WEAR (7)            
Birtley 459 515   £716.00 £724.00 £724.00
Gateshead 1,338 1,346   £716.00 £724.00 £724.00
Newcastle upon Tyne 2,962 2,926   £764.00 £787.50 £818.50
South Shields 1,442 1,502   £754.00 £782.00 £782.00
Sunderland 2,432 2,473   £657.00 £780.00 £780.00
Tynemouth 1,094 1,075   £706.50 £740.50 £740.50
Whitley Bay 941 1,062 10,899 £706.50 £740.50 £740.50
WARWICKSHIRE (4)            
Coleshill (Woodlands) 819 943   £710.00 £710.00 £755.00
Leamington Spa 1,711 1,880   £650.00 £685.00 £685.00
Nuneaton 1,928 1,988   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,070.00
Rugby (Rainsbrook) 875 871 5,682 £775.00 £775.00 £775.00
WEST MIDLANDS (12)            
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) 1,937 2,071   £747.00 £814.00 £814.00
Birmingham (Perry Barr) 932 729   £832.00 £890.00 £890.00
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) 1,919 1,947   £747.00 £814.00 £814.00
Birmingham (Yardley) 1,173 1,671   £747.00 £814.00 £814.00
Coventry 2,478 2,600   £767.00 £812.00 £812.00
Dudley 1,765 1,756   £812.00 £877.00 £877.00
Rowley Regis 914 1,049   £656.00 £682.00 £682.00
Solihull 1,877 1,223   £710.00 £710.00 £755.00
Stourbridge 1,328 1,390   £812.00 £877.00 £877.00
Walsall 2,009 2,092   £781.00 £828.00 £828.00
West Bromwich 2,038 2,143   £656.00 £682.00 £682.00
Wolverhampton 2,570 2,730 21,401 £715.00 £725.00 £725.00
WILTSHIRE (3)            
Salisbury 1,509 1,569   £815.00 £842.00 £842.00
Swindon 2,001 2,090   £800.00 £840.00 £880.00
West Wiltshire 2,018 2,086 5,745 £865.00 £915.00 £915.00
WORCESTERSHIRE (3)            
Redditch 1,743 1,620   £580.00 £695.00 £753.00
Stourport (Wyre Forest) 1,036 1,099   £885.00 £945.00 £945.00
Worcester 1,942 2,187 4,906 £760.00 £775.00 £838.00
YORKSHIRE (EAST) (3)            
East Riding 1,173 1,198   £897.00 £960.00 £960.00
Haltemprice 1,512 1,632   £817.00 £875.00 £875.00
Hull 2,443 2,578 5,408 £640.00 £660.00 £660.00
YORKSHIRE (NORTH) (4)            
Harrogate 1,584 1,615   £807.00 £807.00 £885.00
Scarborough 1,156 1,163   £650.00 £699.50 £699.50
Skipton 1,023 1,012   £656.00 £672.00 £672.00
York 2,304 2,267 6,057 £855.00 £875.00 £905.00
YORKSHIRE (SOUTH) (6)            
Barnsley 1,932 2,120   £700.00 £707.00 £707.00
Doncaster 2,528 2,550   £700.00 £715.00 £715.00
Rotherham 1,978 1,913   £881.00 £943.00 £943.00
Sheffield (City Road) 1,308 1,355   £690.00 £824.00 £824.00
Sheffield (Grenoside) 2,016 2,032   £685.00 £740.00 £740.00
Sheffield (Hutcliffe Wood) 1,747 1,752 11,722 £690.00 £824.00 £824.00
YORKSHIRE (WEST) (11)            
Bradford 1,107 1,089   £694.00 £726.00 £726.00
Dewsbury Moor 1,365 1,290   £699.00 £699.00 £699.00
Halifax 1,775 1,882   £688.10 £814.00 £814.00
Huddersfield 1,714 1,749   £699.00 £699.00 £699.00
Keighley 629 563   £694.00 £726.00 £726.00
Leeds (Cottingley Hall) 1,589 1,753   £809.00 £884.00 £884.00
Leeds (Lawnswood) 1,952 1,839   £809.00 £884.00 £884.00
Pontefract 1,902 1,982   £793.00 £829.00 £829.00
Rawdon 1,940 2,015   £809.00 £884.00 £884.00
Shipley 1,346 1,315   £694.00 £726.00 £726.00
Wakefield 1,202 1,297 16,774 £793.00 £829.00 £829.00
SCOTLAND (28)            
Aberdeen 2,435 2,169   £693.00 £693.00 £693.00
Ayr 1,344 1,370   £788.00 £848.00 £848.00
Cardross 716 714   £647.00 £647.00 £647.00
Clydebank 1,325 1,391   £617.00 £642.00 £642.00
Crathes (Opened May ‘16) 254 548   £795.00 £795.00 £795.00
Dumfries (Roucan Loch) 860 950   £740.00 £740.00 £775.00
Dundee 1,708 1,876   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,070.00
Dunfermline 978 1,180   £642.00 £685.00 £685.00
Edinburgh (Mortonhall) 647 1,627   £708.00 £735.00 £770.00
Edinburgh (Seafield) 1,492 1,145   £692.00 £762.00 £762.00
Edinburgh (Warriston) 2,908 2,234   £692.00 £762.00 £762.00
Falkirk 2,046 1,755   £608.00 £638.00 £728.00
Friockheim 832 878   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,070.00
Glasgow (Craigton) 904 904   £652.00 £700.00 £730.00
Glasgow (Daldowie) 2,874 2,987   £599.00 £605.00 £605.00
Glasgow (The Linn) 1,905 2,141   £599.00 £605.00 £605.00
Glasgow (Maryhill) 1,694 1,668   £625.00 £625.00 £625.00
Greenock 1,042 1,102   £522.00 £585.70 £585.70
Holytown 1,285 1,390   £800.00 £860.00 £860.00
Inverness 1,088 1,113   £849.00 £870.00 £925.00
Irvine 1,497 1,528   £885.00 £950.00 £950.00
Kirkcaldy 1,964 1,970   £642.00 £685.00 £685.00
Melrose (Borders) 777 733   £800.00 £845.00 £845.00
Moray 622 658   £999.00 £1,070.00 £1,128.00
Paisley 1,592 1,651   £625.00 £675.00 £675.00
Perth 1,177 942   £749.00 £749.00 £749.00
South Lanarkshire 1,584 1,594   £599.40 £599.40 £599.40
West Lothian 1,003 1,008 39,226 £800.00 £845.00 £845.00
WALES (16)            
Aberdare 1,258 1,480   £655.00 £670.00 £670.00
Aberystwyth 697 659   £795.00 £835.00 £835.00
Bangor 1,077 1,112   £547.50 £547.50 £547.50
Barry (Cardiff & Glamorgan) 1,014 1,171   £750.00 £790.00 £834.00
Bridgend 1,589 1,620   £623.00 £636.70 £658.20
Cardiff 2,787 2,820   £530.00 £540.00 £540.00
Colwyn Bay 1,439 1,047   £569.00 £599.00 £599.00
Gwent 2,970 2,945   £651.00 £671.00 £691.00
Llanelli 1,386 1,479   £695.00 £745.00 £745.00
Margam 1,536 1,496   £585.00 £585.00 £585.00
Narberth 1,432 1,511   £564.00 £581.00 £581.00
Newport (Opened Nov ‘17) 0 70   £795.00 £795.00 £815.00
Pontypridd 1,352 1,147   £655.00 £670.00 £670.00
St Asaph (Opened May ‘16) 619 1,178   £600.00 £790.00 £834.00
Swansea 2,083 2,086   £610.00 £650.00 £678.00
Wrexham (Pentrebychan) 1,976 1,874 23,695 £656.00 £663.00 £663.00
CHANNEL ISLANDS (2)            
Guernsey 376 434   £557.00 £570.00 £612.00
Jersey 626 631 1065 £738.50 £738.50 £738.50
NORTHERN IRELAND (1)            
Belfast 3,521 3,372 3,372 £364.00 £364.00 £364.00
TOTALS 459,693 467,748 467,748      
2017 average cremation fee £735.70          
2018 average cremation fee £772.93          
2017 average total crematorium charge $744.93          
2018 average total crematorium charge £783.18