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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

2016 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 4,468 913 1,043 0 — 0 141
Bedfordshire and Luton 2,427 586 607 0 — 0 24
Berkshire 2,585 547 567 0 — 0 1
Birmingham and Solihull 4,978 780 746 0 — 0 94
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 1,771 316 299 0 — 0 81
Black Country 4,577 711 643 0 — 0 40
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,613 253 289 0 — 0 40
Brighton and Hove 1,389 444 409 0 — 8 24
Buckinghamshire 1,477 245 230 0 — 0 26
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 4,015 468 464 0 — 1 55
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,532 221 246 0 — 0 9
Central and South East Kent 1,688 213 233 0 — 0 23
Central Hampshire 1,467 245 269 0 — 0 11
Central Lincolnshire 2,349 288 277 0 — 0 42
Ceredigion 267 33 39 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 5,564 962 980 0 — 0 247
City of London 218 26 27 0 — 0 4
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,933 373 440 0 — 0 21
County Durham and Darlington 3,042 565 594 0 — 0 50
Coventry 1,937 346 372 0 — 0 14
Cumbria 2,213 289 407 0 — 0 16
Derby and Derbyshire 4,988 669 756 0 — 0 105
Dorset 4,581 422 433 0 — 1 22
East Lancashire 656 132 109 0 — 0 4
East London 2,425 448 463 0 — 0 64
East Riding and Hull 3,127 376 452 0 — 0 23
East Sussex 2,330 349 353 0 — 0 14
Essex 7,100 763 740 0 — 0 58
Exeter and Greater Devon 2,975 337 326 0 — 0 36
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,974 691 702 0 — 0 37
Gloucestershire 2,443 377 411 0 — 0 22
Gwent 2,582 226 258 0 — 0 6
Herefordshire 803 149 161 0 — 0 4
Hertfordshire 2,999 402 338 0 — 0 40
Inner North London 2,682 710 709 0 — 0 89
Inner South London 3,560 469 575 0 — 0 93
Inner West London 2,611 399 466 0 — 0 54
Isle of Wight 750 99 98 0 — 2 2
Leicester and South Leicestershire 3,488 510 544 0 — 0 145
Liverpool and the Wirral 4,211 934 1,027 0 — 0 189
Manchester City 3,307 734 891 0 — 0 427
Manchester North 2,963 692 704 0 — 4 142
Manchester South 2,890 577 630 0 — 0 45
Manchester West 4,375 876 830 0 — 0 220
Mid Kent and Medway 2,270 404 455 0 — 0 45
Milton Keynes 903 205 182 0 — 0 16
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,998 426 553 0 — 0 140
Norfolk 4,985 510 534 0 — 0 148
Northamptonshire 2,713 275 307 0 — 0 18
North East Hampshire 1,424 239 244 0 — 1 5
North East Kent 2,007 288 362 0 — 0 60
North Leicestershire and Rutland 1,216 225 253 0 — 0 36
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,809 205 207 0 — 0 21
North London 3,474 454 478 0 — 0 88
North Northumberland 654 232 254 0 — 0 7
North Tyneside 747 301 319 0 — 0 14
North Wales (East and Central) 2,684 398 410 0 — 0 17
North West Kent 1,973 233 244 0 — 0 9
North West Wales 1,029 148 143 0 — 0 4
North Yorkshire (Eastern) 1,210 199 198 0 — 0 22
North Yorkshire (Western) 1,238 249 264 0 — 0 7
Nottinghamshire 6,403 567 589 0 — 2 88
Oxfordshire 2,611 338 354 0 — 0 34
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 3,405 439 452 0 — 0 33
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 3,412 598 686 0 — 1 61
Preston and West Lancashire 2,534 352 349 0 — 0 50
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,632 514 549 0 — 3 18
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,938 353 357 0 — 0 46
Somerset 2,665 282 322 0 — 0 55
Southampton and New Forest 2,193 299 301 0 — 2 9
South and Central Wales 3,919 706 789 0 — 0 100
South Lincolnshire 1,266 110 132 0 — 0 21
South London 2,595 507 467 0 — 0 24
South Northumberland 1,216 390 419 0 — 0 24
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,482 364 484 0 — 0 83
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,357 686 681 0 — 0 104
Staffordshire South 2,371 367 371 0 — 0 64
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire 4,724 357 550 0 — 0 144
Suffolk 2,751 426 448 0 — 0 125
Sunderland 1,736 555 584 0 — 0 28
Surrey 4,444 504 551 0 — 0 96
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 2,281 378 462 0 — 0 29
Teesside and Hartlepool 2,988 726 744 0 — 0 69
Warwickshire 1,582 342 346 0 — 0 7
West London 3,689 675 833 0 — 0 39
West Sussex 3,325 389 368 0 — 0 15
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 4,227 750 824 0 — 0 43
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,454 672 617 0 — 0 42
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,551 292 340 0 — 0 44
Worcestershire 2,569 333 482 0 — 0 73
York City 988 199 205 0 — 0 1