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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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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 South7.2
South Northumberland5.0
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove4.3
North Northumberland4.1
Inner North London4.0
Milton Keynes3.3
East London3.1
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly2.8
North Yorkshire and York2.4
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent2.4
Newcastle and North Tyneside2.2
Northumberland2.1
Surrey2.0
Berkshire1.9
Blackpool and the Fylde1.9

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

2015 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 4,436 840 943 0 — 0 172
Bedfordshire and Luton 2,317 472 477 0 — 0 17
Berkshire 2,564 489 502 0 — 2 8
Birmingham and Solihull 4,752 711 601 0 — 0 78
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 2,162 279 314 0 — 1 94
Black Country 4,606 656 718 0 — 0 53
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,752 229 294 0 — 0 60
Brighton and Hove 1,235 296 306 0 — 4 12
Buckinghamshire 1,451 208 228 0 — 0 30
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3,964 359 392 0 — 0 54
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan 1,568 279 293 0 — 0 47
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,554 226 234 0 — 0 14
Central and South East Kent 1,559 149 194 0 — 0 27
Central Hampshire 1,438 164 182 0 — 0 6
Central Lincolnshire 2,389 296 266 0 — 0 45
Ceredigion 328 37 39 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 5,211 816 895 0 — 0 263
City of London 181 27 16 0 — 1 1
Cornwall 2,868 329 337 0 — 0 20
County Durham and Darlington 2,894 518 555 0 — 0 31
Coventry 1,956 227 248 0 — 0 8
Cumbria 2,291 243 261 0 — 0 17
Derby and Derbyshire 4,902 708 804 0 — 0 114
Dorset 4,195 365 392 0 — 0 21
East Lancashire 685 111 118 0 — 0 4
East London 2,758 367 472 0 — 0 46
East Riding and Hull 3,278 345 331 0 — 0 29
East Sussex 2,180 280 311 0 — 1 16
Essex 6,869 781 793 0 — 0 39
Exeter and Greater Devon 2,761 281 349 0 — 0 34
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,990 485 479 0 — 0 28
Gloucestershire 2,160 330 368 0 — 0 29
Gwent 2,458 113 247 0 — 0 8
Herefordshire 874 71 95 0 — 0 5
Hertfordshire 3,050 340 328 0 — 0 18
Inner North London 2,782 643 689 0 — 1 122
Inner South London 3,360 302 612 0 — 0 127
Inner West London 2,627 351 398 0 — 0 56
Isle of Wight 753 102 91 0 — 0 10
Isles of Scilly 14 11 10 0 — 0 0
Leicester and South Leicestershire 3,661 504 532 0 — 0 160
Liverpool and the Wirral 4,169 750 851 0 — 1 156
Manchester City 3,195 646 694 0 — 0 301
Manchester North 3,087 595 605 0 — 0 166
Manchester South 3,102 647 659 0 — 1 38
Manchester West 4,263 739 751 0 — 0 237
Mid Kent and Medway 2,233 437 514 0 — 0 44
Milton Keynes 870 179 181 0 — 0 22
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,887 314 392 0 — 0 158
Norfolk 4,421 514 503 0 — 2 98
Northamptonshire 2,715 255 239 0 — 0 22
North East Hampshire 1,429 174 169 0 — 0 1
North East Kent 1,974 216 236 0 — 0 25
North Leicestershire and Rutland 1,069 182 183 0 — 0 32
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,672 200 217 0 — 0 22
North London 3,571 360 501 0 — 0 67
North Northumberland 865 259 265 0 — 0 6
North Tyneside 867 250 267 0 — 0 18
North Wales (East and Central) 2,518 341 353 0 — 0 14
North West Kent 1,668 183 187 0 — 0 4
North West Wales 987 105 105 0 — 0 4
North Yorkshire (Eastern) 1,187 189 195 0 — 0 10
North Yorkshire (Western) 1,202 250 274 0 — 0 6
Nottinghamshire 6,336 417 561 0 — 0 108
Oxfordshire 2,403 332 324 0 — 0 31
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 3,514 353 362 0 — 1 31
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 3,215 479 394 0 — 0 52
Powys, Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys 2,472 422 450 0 — 0 60
Preston and West Lancashire 2,550 304 386 0 — 0 93
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,442 330 371 0 — 1 6
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,932 259 304 0 — 0 44
Somerset 2,652 224 250 0 — 0 28
Southampton and New Forest 2,126 283 307 0 — 0 23
South Lincolnshire 1,308 103 95 0 — 0 10
South London 2,472 312 373 0 — 0 34
South Northumberland 932 287 294 0 — 0 12
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,397 313 336 0 — 0 93
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,379 658 785 0 — 0 152
Staffordshire South 2,331 348 375 0 — 0 48
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire 4,557 330 501 0 — 0 109
Suffolk 2,757 341 347 0 — 0 105
Sunderland 1,570 395 421 0 — 0 19
Surrey 4,605 508 445 0 — 1 87
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 2,347 298 315 0 — 0 22
Teesside and Hartlepool 2,740 614 605 0 — 0 46
Warwickshire 1,803 254 305 0 — 0 10
West London 3,364 344 662 0 — 1 45
West Sussex 3,212 369 392 0 — 0 25
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 3,813 625 847 0 — 0 58
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,114 492 566 0 — 0 59
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,569 274 279 0 — 0 41
Worcestershire 2,666 374 336 0 — 0 41
York City 974 90 158 0 — 0 4