Statistical Release for Reported Treasure Finds (2020 and 2021)
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found.
Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales
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Revision note:
On 2 November 2023, the Reported Treasure Finds 2020/21 data tables were revised, after an error was identified in one of the data tables. In Table 5, number of treasure cases acquired by or donated to museums for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2012 - 2021, the data was incorrectly presented for 2018 and subsequent years. This has been corrected and data included in the rest of the report and accompanying tables is not affected by this change.
This statistical release presents data on the number of reported treasure finds for 2020 and provisional figures for 2021 within England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Data for 2020 are broken down by county, region, period, distribution and method of discovery. Figures for 2021 are provisional and are provided by county and region only.
Data presented on treasure finds are collected by the Department of Portable Antiquities & Treasure at the British Museum and recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Estimates reported for participation in metal detecting are based on data collected in the 2020/21 Participation Survey.The survey covers activity in the 12 months prior to interview.
- Released – 3 November 2022
- Period covered – January 2020 to December 2021
- Geographic coverage – National, Regional and county level data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This release does not cover Scotland.
- Next release date – Data is aimed to be published for November 2023.
Pre-release access
The document above contains a list of minsters and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Reported Treasure Finds. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.
The UK Statistics Authority
This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.
Last updated 2 November 2023 + show all updates
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On 2 November 2023, the Reported Treasure Finds 2020/21 data tables were revised, after an error was identified in one of the data tables. In Table 5, number of treasure cases acquired by or donated to museums for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2012 - 2021, the data was incorrectly presented for 2018 and subsequent years. This has been corrected and data included in the rest of the report and accompanying tables is not affected by this change.
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