Number of hoax calls reported by the coastguard in the United Kingdom (UK) 2004-2014
number of fatalities. It should be noted however, that figures for the years 2007 through 2010 are incomplete, due to an industrial action by HM Coastguard staff at the time.
This line graph displays the number of hoax distress calls received by the coastguard service in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2004 and 2014. Within this time period, the highest number of falsified distress reports was received in 2007, which coincidentally was the year with the lowest