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Search and rescue helicopter statistics

Statistics and data about the number of civilian search and rescue helicopter activity in the United Kingdom.

From:
Department for Transport and Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
18 November 2015
Last updated
15 December 2021 — See all updates

Latest search and rescue helicopter statistics

Statistics on civilian search and rescue helicopter (SARH) taskings for the UK, with breakdowns by tasking type, location type (land, maritime or coast) and helicopter base. The data are derived from information recorded by the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC), who are responsible for the coordination of search and rescue helicopters.

Guidance on current and previous search and rescue helicopter statistics are available.

Accessibility of tables

The department is currently working to make our tables accessible for our users. If you would like to request a more accessible format, please email search and rescue helicopter statistics. We will consider each request but may not be able to provide an alternative accessible format on every occasion.

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Interactive search and rescue helicopter statistics dashboard: explore the data via our dashboard - covering SARH taskings from April 2015 onwards.

About the search and rescue helicopter data and reports

Published 18 November 2015
Last updated 15 December 2021 + show all updates

  1. Search and rescue helicopter bi-annual statistics for April to September 2021 added.

  2. Search and rescue helicopter statistics annual for year ending March 2021 added to the collection.

  3. Collection page updated for the Search and rescue helicopter bi-annual statistics, April to September 2020 report. Pre-release access list as a HTML page attachment added to collection.

  4. Collection page updated for Search and rescue helicopter annual statistics, year ending March 2020.

  5. Collection page updated for Search and rescue helicopter bi-annual statistics: April to September 2019 and National Statistics information.

  6. New release published - annual statistics for year ending March 2019.

  7. New release published for October to December 2018 data.

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