Accredited official statistics announcement

Search and rescue helicopter annual statistics: year ending March 2026

Civilian search and rescue helicopter activity statistics in the United Kingdom, year ending March 2026.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 7 April 2025
• Last updated: 1 April 2026

• Proposed release: June 2026
• Cancellation date: 1 April 2026 3:00pm

Statistics release cancelled

The annual Search and Rescue Helicopter statistical release, summarising taskings and people assisted/rescued, will be paused until 2027 in conjunction with work between DfT and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to update the data processing and tables with a new data source as part of the UKSAR2G programme.