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MOJ Coroner Statistics

174,824 deaths reported (2024) 36,660 inquests opened 713 PFDs issued 108 coroner areas

Annual statistics on inquests, PFDs issued and processing times by coroner area. Source.

Key findings (2024). Manchester South issued the most Prevention of Future Deaths reports (59). Across all years, 2,126 PFDs have been issued from 2,116,987 reported deaths.

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PFD reports per 1,000 reported deaths across all indexed years; areas with at least 500 reported deaths
Coroner area	PFD reports per 1,000 deaths
Manchester South	7.2
South Northumberland	5.0
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove	4.3
North Northumberland	4.1
Inner North London	4.0
Milton Keynes	3.3
East London	3.1
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	2.8
North Yorkshire and York	2.4
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent	2.4
Newcastle and North Tyneside	2.2
Northumberland	2.1
Surrey	2.0
Berkshire	1.9
Blackpool and the Fylde	1.9

Key Findings

2,116,987 deaths reported to coroners across all years. 2126 Prevention of Future Deaths reports issued.

National Summary by Year

Year	Deaths Reported	Inquests Opened	Inquests Concluded	PFDs Issued
2024	174,824	36,660	40,441	713
2023	194,939	36,853	40,297	569
2022	208,322	36,273	36,391	404
2021	195,093	32,762	33,051	440
2020	205,364	31,991	31,535	0
2019	210,838	29,969	32,133	0
2018	220,596	29,094	31,566	0
2017	229,703	31,559	34,885	0
2016	240,972	38,626	41,220	0
2015	236,336	32,857	36,201	0

All Areas — Summary

Coroner Area	Total Deaths	Total PFDs	Total Concluded
Avon	39,957	28	8,540
Bedfordshire and Luton	21,103	23	3,140
Berkshire	22,098	42	4,438
Birmingham and Solihull	51,803	66	7,782
Black Country	46,868	4	7,989
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley	3,933	0	613
Blackpool and the Fylde	13,454	25	3,057
Brighton and Hove	9,736	10	2,046
Buckinghamshire	13,127	7	2,379
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	35,321	28	5,103
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan	1,568	0	293
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire	15,135	3	1,660
Central Hampshire	7,156	0	879
Central Lincolnshire	4,738	0	543
Central and South East Kent	14,270	7	2,563
Ceredigion	3,208	1	253
Cheshire	35,143	26	7,094
City of London	2,501	2	513
Cornwall	2,868	0	337
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	22,049	61	3,938
County Durham and Darlington	28,926	37	4,998
Coventry	15,764	1	3,396
Cumbria	19,749	27	3,809
Derby and Derbyshire	45,377	38	7,378
Devon, Plymouth and Torbay	3,660	7	812
Dorset	31,003	41	4,716
East Lancashire	1,341	0	227
East London	24,772	76	4,270
East Riding and Hull	28,382	24	3,573
East Sussex	22,454	15	3,165
Essex	62,962	34	7,588
Exeter and Greater Devon	21,484	4	3,117
Gateshead and South Tyneside	19,237	31	3,200
Gloucestershire	20,162	5	3,258
Greater Lincolnshire	3,548	1	872
Gwent	25,673	29	3,110
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton	30,651	29	4,659
Herefordshire	7,449	13	1,233
Hertfordshire	28,266	7	3,794
Inner North London	25,326	102	6,140
Inner South London	34,168	38	5,254
Inner West London	22,794	15	3,653
Isle of Wight	7,601	1	1,200
Isles of Scilly	14	0	10
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen	31,077	9	5,538
Leicester City and South Leicestershire	17,323	17	2,747
Leicester and South Leicestershire	7,149	0	1,076
Lincolnshire	22,223	16	3,322
Liverpool and the Wirral	33,984	26	9,628
Manchester City	29,268	11	8,163
Manchester North	23,150	41	5,810
Manchester South	25,966	187	6,880
Manchester West	37,390	19	6,967
Mid Kent and Medway	20,625	18	4,116
Milton Keynes	8,403	28	1,550
Newcastle and North Tyneside	4,545	10	1,036
Newcastle upon Tyne	15,417	0	3,549
Norfolk	35,383	44	6,061
North East Hampshire	7,206	0	764
North East Kent	16,286	11	3,027
North Leicestershire and Rutland	2,285	0	436
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby	13,868	2	1,388
North London	30,899	28	4,499
North Northumberland	6,044	25	1,136
North Tyneside	6,674	0	1,295
North Wales (East and Central)	25,720	45	3,538
North West Kent	17,976	2	2,428
North West Wales	9,277	14	1,283
North Yorkshire (Eastern)	6,280	0	1,055
North Yorkshire (Western)	6,405	2	1,275
North Yorkshire and York	6,376	15	1,803
Northamptonshire	25,399	13	2,786
Northumberland	1,456	3	284
Nottinghamshire	54,255	58	6,565
Oxfordshire	21,728	10	3,152
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon	26,417	3	4,131
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	14,533	0	2,046
Powys, Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys	2,472	0	450
Preston and West Lancashire	5,084	0	735
Rutland and North Leicestershire	10,115	5	1,584
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens	22,790	5	4,364
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin	18,026	4	2,729
Somerset	24,646	9	3,016
South Lincolnshire	2,574	0	227
South London	25,932	15	3,746
South Northumberland	9,951	50	2,094
South Wales Central	29,209	27	4,615
South Yorkshire (Eastern)	23,336	6	4,023
South Yorkshire (Western)	32,976	49	6,284
South and Central Wales	3,919	0	789
Southampton and New Forest	10,641	0	1,310
Staffordshire South	18,853	10	2,796
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent	7,977	19	2,001
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire	26,453	5	4,177
Suffolk	23,086	38	4,007
Sunderland	13,029	9	2,607
Surrey	37,629	77	6,367
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot	20,117	11	2,568
Teesside and Hartlepool	29,255	8	5,052
Warwickshire	17,291	15	3,220
West London	35,656	19	6,415
West Sussex	25,917	22	3,000
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove	7,613	33	1,542
West Yorkshire (Eastern)	38,355	54	9,000
West Yorkshire (Western)	31,924	29	5,450
Wiltshire and Swindon	24,519	8	2,749
Worcestershire	24,795	34	3,867
York City	5,061	0	1,010