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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.
Manchester North ✕

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

Manchester North — Year by Year

Year Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
2015 3,087 595 605 0 — 0 166
2016 2,963 692 704 0 — 4 142
2017 2,699 594 681 0 — 2 177
2018 2,391 493 562 0 — 2 209
2019 2,181 481 507 0 — 0 226
2020 1,980 502 446 0 — 0 156
2021 2,041 507 646 10 — 3 278
2022 2,143 536 596 6 — 1 233
2023 1,928 527 559 11 — 0 230
2024 1,737 517 504 14 — 0 248
2025 1,537 505 544 8 — 1 269