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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

2017 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 4,299 750 877 0 — 0 170
Bedfordshire and Luton 2,230 288 317 0 — 0 11
Berkshire 2,333 402 416 0 — 0 1
Birmingham and Solihull 5,076 799 810 0 — 2 125
Black Country 4,731 580 635 0 — 0 38
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,483 212 236 0 — 0 45
Brighton and Hove 1,255 272 293 0 — 4 15
Buckinghamshire 1,404 212 236 0 — 0 36
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 4,092 476 608 0 — 0 62
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,518 161 164 0 — 0 3
Central and South East Kent 1,688 196 227 0 — 1 31
Central Hampshire 1,493 155 174 0 — 1 5
Ceredigion 318 28 23 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 4,138 694 739 0 — 0 231
City of London 255 44 20 0 — 0 9
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,814 408 411 0 — 5 25
County Durham and Darlington 2,905 417 452 0 — 0 43
Coventry 1,762 350 401 0 — 0 22
Cumbria 2,082 295 360 0 — 0 16
Derby and Derbyshire 4,732 479 612 0 — 0 91
Dorset 3,743 455 400 0 — 0 76
East London 2,299 274 388 0 — 0 55
East Riding and Hull 3,010 262 369 0 — 0 23
East Sussex 2,245 322 344 0 — 0 11
Essex 7,372 703 677 0 — 0 32
Exeter and Greater Devon 2,833 339 297 0 — 0 35
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,911 349 372 0 — 0 36
Gloucestershire 2,262 281 290 0 — 0 29
Gwent 2,901 143 189 0 — 0 2
Herefordshire 827 111 100 0 — 0 2
Hertfordshire 3,021 354 419 0 — 0 81
Inner North London 2,505 622 607 0 — 0 111
Inner South London 3,611 408 514 0 — 0 88
Inner West London 2,359 415 424 0 — 0 46
Isle of Wight 738 96 142 0 — 0 13
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen 3,949 573 721 0 — 0 113
Leicester City and South Leicestershire 2,487 374 406 0 — 0 115
Lincolnshire 3,388 347 432 0 — 0 66
Liverpool and the Wirral 3,919 832 967 0 — 2 133
Manchester City 3,691 673 758 0 — 0 352
Manchester North 2,699 594 681 0 — 2 177
Manchester South 2,874 560 589 0 — 0 214
Manchester West 4,336 656 734 0 — 0 253
Mid Kent and Medway 2,162 274 308 0 — 0 48
Milton Keynes 817 170 199 0 — 0 18
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,928 338 519 0 — 0 182
Norfolk 4,208 589 578 0 — 0 232
Northamptonshire 2,669 241 242 0 — 0 28
North East Hampshire 1,456 149 163 0 — 1 1
North East Kent 2,149 245 354 0 — 0 56
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,759 165 178 0 — 0 23
North London 3,181 382 426 0 — 0 96
North Northumberland 600 130 131 0 — 0 2
North Tyneside 655 147 176 0 — 0 9
North Wales (East and Central) 2,710 336 384 0 — 0 35
North West Kent 2,045 192 201 0 — 0 8
North West Wales 1,010 96 111 0 — 0 4
North Yorkshire (Eastern) 1,155 134 152 0 — 0 19
North Yorkshire (Western) 1,053 152 176 0 — 0 11
Nottinghamshire 6,707 558 726 0 — 0 120
Oxfordshire 2,342 272 300 0 — 0 27
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 3,360 459 447 0 — 0 58
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 2,676 358 395 0 — 0 70
Rutland and North Leicestershire 1,221 221 235 0 — 0 50
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,491 481 497 0 — 0 21
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,764 258 277 0 — 0 47
Somerset 2,681 274 282 0 — 0 55
Southampton and New Forest 2,205 232 236 0 — 3 14
South London 2,375 392 447 0 — 0 41
South Northumberland 1,131 253 271 0 — 0 34
South Wales Central 3,665 630 651 0 — 1 148
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,400 345 370 0 — 0 83
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,472 623 574 0 — 0 156
Staffordshire South 2,390 331 343 0 — 0 73
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire 3,842 295 497 0 — 0 135
Suffolk 2,587 331 387 0 — 0 113
Sunderland 1,454 264 310 0 — 0 28
Surrey 4,418 525 473 0 — 0 120
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 2,195 282 339 0 — 0 31
Teesside and Hartlepool 2,885 430 507 0 — 0 95
Warwickshire 1,629 325 313 0 — 0 7
West London 3,629 471 466 0 — 0 62
West Sussex 3,290 327 337 0 — 0 14
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 4,231 657 707 0 — 0 44
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,432 536 495 0 — 1 44
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,600 251 284 0 — 0 49
Worcestershire 2,617 365 444 0 — 0 60
York City 869 112 146 0 — 0 14