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MOJ Coroner Statistics

147,743 deaths reported (2025) 35,987 inquests opened 654 PFDs issued 109 coroner areas

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

Key findings (2025). Inner North London issued the most Prevention of Future Deaths reports (43). Across all years, 2,778 PFDs have been issued from 2,264,730 reported deaths.

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PFDs per 1,000 Deaths

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PFD reports per 1,000 reported deaths across all indexed years; areas with at least 500 reported deaths
Coroner areaPFD reports per 1,000 deaths
Manchester South8.2
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove5.3
Inner North London5.2
South Northumberland5.0
Milton Keynes4.1
North Northumberland4.1
East London3.4
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly3.1
Northumberland2.6
North Yorkshire and York2.6
Kent and Medway2.5
Newcastle and North Tyneside2.3
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent2.3
Surrey2.3
Berkshire2.2

Key Findings

2,264,730 deaths reported to coroners across all years. 2778 Prevention of Future Deaths reports issued.
Blackpool and the Fylde ✕

National Summary by Year

Year Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Inquests Concluded PFDs Issued
2025 147,743 35,987 39,851 654
2024 174,824 36,660 40,441 711
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

Blackpool and the Fylde — Year by Year

Year Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
2015 1,752 229 294 0 — 0 60
2016 1,613 253 289 0 — 0 40
2017 1,483 212 236 0 — 0 45
2018 1,548 230 273 0 — 0 65
2019 1,196 249 285 0 — 0 57
2020 1,138 248 320 0 — 0 87
2021 1,159 286 266 10 — 0 69
2022 1,226 344 333 3 — 0 54
2023 1,194 401 392 7 — 0 92
2024 1,145 331 369 5 — 0 97
2025 1,001 252 312 4 — 1 96