Bank of England: number of five pound notes destroyed in the UK 2003/2004 - 2017/2018

This statistic illustrates the total number of five British pound value banknotes removed from circulation and destroyed by the Bank of England in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003/2004 to 2017/2018. It can be seen that the number of five British pound banknotes removed from circulation fluctuated during the period under observation, reaching a total of 238 million notes as of 2017/2018. The lowest number of five British pound banknotes removed from circulation and destroyed in one year was 97 million notes, in the period 2005/2006.