The Cremation Society of Great Britain

National Cremation Statistics 1960-2003

      Year    Operating       New          Deaths**    Cremations    Percentage
              Crematoria   Crematoria

      1960       148          17           588,032       204,019       34.70
      1970       206           2           638,834       353,957       55.41
      1980       220           1           644,684       420,717       65.26
      1990       225           0           629,629       438,066       69.58
      1991       225           0           634,339       441,108       69.54
      1992       226           1           622,410       437,000       70.21
      1993       227           1           646,477       453,045       70.08
      1994       228           1           616,719       434,223       70.41
      1995       229           3*          649,635       445,574       68.59
      1996       230           1           640,081       445,934       69.67
      1997       234           4           633,635       446,305       7O.44
      1998       238           4           633,062       439,145       69.37
      1999       241¹          3           635,785       444,169       69.86
      2000       243¹          2           611,960       437,609       71.50
      2001       243¹          0           605,835       428,383       70.71
      2002       244¹          1           609,943       437,124       71.66
      2002       244¹          1           612,086+      442,538       72.30+
*    Includes replacement of existing crematorium.
   **   Source: Office for National Statistics.  Crown copyright.
   +    Provisional figures as at 19th April 2004.
   ¹    Includes Arnos Vale which closed in 1998.

Cremation Comparisons

  CREMATORIA carrying out the HIGHEST          COUNTIES carrying out the HIGHEST NUMBER
     NUMBER OF cremations in 2003                      of cremations in 2003

ELTHAM                             4,545   LONDON               (24 crematoria)     41,671
PORTCHESTER                        4,372   SCOTLAND             (22 crematoria)     35,339
SOUTH ESSEX                        4,310   WEST MIDLANDS        (12 crematoria)     23,261
GLASGOW (Daldowie)                 4,305   GREATER  MANCHESTER  (13 crematoria)     21,074
RUISLIP                            3,784   WALES                (12 crematoria)     20,872
MIDDLESBROUGH                      3,664   YORKSHIRE WEST       (11 crematoria)     16,300
SOUTHAMPTON                        3,660   ESSEX                 (7 crematoria)     16,223
BOURNEMOUTH                        3,624   KENT                  (8 crematoria)     13,510
LONDON (City of)                   3,616   MERSEYSIDE            (6 crematoria)     13,053
LEICESTER                          3,570   HAMPSHIRE             (4 crematoria)     11,671


CREMATORIA having the highest percentage         CREMATORIA which have carried out MOST
    INCREASES on previous full year                  cremations since date of opening.

CREWE                             19.92%   GOLDERS GREEN (1902)                    312,170
LEWISHAM                          17.29%   LONDON (City of) (1904)                 234,628
BRIGHTON (The Downs)              16.22%   MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) (1892)  227,641
GATESHEAD                         13.87%   ENFIELD (1938)                          216,842
CHELTENHAM                        11.97%   NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (1934)              215,533
NOTTINGHAM                        11.82%   EDINBURGH (Warriston) (1929)            213,398
LOUGHBOROUGH                      11.13%   BOURNEMOUTH (1938)                      203,675
ISLINGTON                         10.47%   LONDON (South) (1936)                   199,913
INVERNESS                         10.40%   NOTTINGHAM (1931)                       199,077
GUERNSEY                          10.30%   SHEFFIELD (City Road) (1904)            188,334


         CREMATORIA carrying out the MOST (recorded) CATHOLIC CREMATIONS in 2003

GLASGOW (Daldowie)                   584   WORTHING                                407
ST HELENS                            574   PRESTON                                 404
THORNTON (Crosby)                    489   GLASGOW (Maryhill)                      396
MIDDLESBROUGH                        420   HENDON                                  384
HENDON                               418   GLASGOW (The Linn)                      382

     List of the first ten and the last ten CREMATORIA to be opened in Great Britain

WOKING, Surrey                      1885   BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire              1 June 1998
MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)     1892   HALTEMPRICE, Yorkshire             29 June 1998
GLASGOW (Maryhill) Scotland         1895   GRENOSIDE, Sheffield, Yorkshire  14 August 1998
LIVERPOOL (Anfield) Merseyside      1896   BANBURY, Oxfordshire           15 February 1999
HULL, Humberside                    1901   HOWE BRIDGE, Greater Manchester      6 May 1999
DARLINGTON, Durham                  1901   MORAY, Scotland                       June 1999
LEICESTER, Leics.                   1902   TELFORD, Shropshire             24 January 2000
GOLDERS GREEN, London               1902   COLESHILL, West Midlands        6 November 2000
BIRMINGHAM (Perry Barr) West Mids.  1903   LLANELLI, Wales                  September 2002
LONDON (City of)                    1904   SITTINGBOURNE, Kent              11 August 2004