Official Statistics

Statistical Release for Reported Treasure Finds (2022 and 2023)

Annual statistics on the number of finds of treasure and portable antiquities reported and recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme, 2022 and 2023.

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

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Details

Details

This statistical release presents data on the number of reported treasure finds for 2022 and provisional figures for 2023 within England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Data for 2022 are broken down by county, region, period, distribution and method of discovery. Figures for 2023 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.

  • Released – 26 November 2024
  • Period covered – 2022 and 2023
  • Geographic coverage – National, Regional and county level data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This release does not cover Scotland.
  • Next release date – November 2025 (provisional).

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.

Office for Statistics Regulation

Our statistical practice is regulated by the OSR. OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing evidence@dcms.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.

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Published 26 November 2024

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