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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

2018 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 4,027 813 858 0 — 0 174
Bedfordshire and Luton 2,301 238 285 0 — 0 27
Berkshire 2,185 346 271 0 — 0 24
Birmingham and Solihull 5,162 682 695 0 — 0 128
Black Country 4,879 607 648 0 — 0 42
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,548 230 273 0 — 0 65
Brighton and Hove 1,212 189 171 0 — 1 24
Buckinghamshire 1,214 207 193 0 — 0 30
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3,983 443 449 0 — 0 85
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,535 147 148 0 — 0 11
Central and South East Kent 1,747 233 246 0 — 0 43
Central Hampshire 1,395 140 120 0 — 1 7
Ceredigion 319 41 26 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 3,146 590 549 0 — 0 139
City of London 293 44 38 0 — 0 28
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3,075 351 408 0 — 2 33
County Durham and Darlington 2,861 362 348 0 — 0 42
Coventry 1,574 202 246 0 — 0 19
Cumbria 2,030 317 350 0 — 0 33
Derby and Derbyshire 4,741 447 642 0 — 2 115
Dorset 3,460 445 499 0 — 0 219
East London 2,079 238 391 0 — 0 62
East Riding and Hull 2,886 266 221 0 — 0 12
East Sussex 2,322 287 270 0 — 1 17
Essex 6,913 667 577 0 — 0 74
Exeter and Greater Devon 2,955 254 333 0 — 0 64
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,914 248 279 0 — 0 21
Gloucestershire 2,089 282 279 0 — 0 23
Gwent 2,799 176 205 0 — 0 7
Herefordshire 833 91 96 0 — 0 9
Hertfordshire 2,977 375 394 0 — 0 67
Inner North London 2,391 574 606 0 — 0 105
Inner South London 3,558 436 459 0 — 0 93
Inner West London 2,161 288 291 0 — 0 46
Isle of Wight 835 141 120 0 — 1 20
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen 3,586 641 680 0 — 0 113
Leicester City and South Leicestershire 2,220 348 336 0 — 0 112
Lincolnshire 3,217 364 416 0 — 0 80
Liverpool and the Wirral 3,664 836 892 0 — 1 81
Manchester City 3,507 687 651 0 — 0 288
Manchester North 2,391 493 562 0 — 2 209
Manchester South 2,785 641 633 0 — 1 249
Manchester West 4,134 537 576 0 — 0 247
Mid Kent and Medway 2,112 326 322 0 — 0 44
Milton Keynes 802 146 138 0 — 0 11
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,908 256 419 0 — 0 192
Norfolk 3,208 537 636 0 — 0 275
Northamptonshire 2,808 268 287 0 — 0 30
North East Hampshire 1,549 118 109 0 — 0 2
North East Kent 1,973 245 281 0 — 1 70
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,833 141 154 0 — 0 15
North London 3,009 376 456 0 — 0 177
North Northumberland 596 78 94 0 — 0 4
North Tyneside 686 96 108 0 — 0 18
North Wales (East and Central) 2,849 328 315 0 — 0 26
North West Kent 1,892 229 259 0 — 0 6
North West Wales 980 116 108 0 — 2 5
North Yorkshire (Eastern) 726 109 140 0 — 0 11
North Yorkshire (Western) 823 123 150 0 — 0 9
Nottinghamshire 6,755 432 576 0 — 0 112
Oxfordshire 2,222 248 235 0 — 0 20
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 3,202 410 484 0 — 0 60
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 2,643 263 292 0 — 0 56
Rutland and North Leicestershire 1,283 172 156 0 — 0 77
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,406 379 380 0 — 0 9
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,675 226 239 0 — 0 40
Somerset 2,825 261 266 0 — 0 68
Southampton and New Forest 2,151 222 240 0 — 1 9
South London 2,403 319 382 0 — 0 34
South Northumberland 1,046 149 161 0 — 0 19
South Wales Central 3,461 557 575 0 — 1 109
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,438 339 367 0 — 0 100
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,351 603 669 0 — 0 159
Staffordshire South 2,260 360 362 0 — 0 89
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire 3,393 397 549 0 — 1 141
Suffolk 2,365 369 382 0 — 0 122
Sunderland 1,363 145 168 0 — 0 27
Surrey 4,128 490 430 0 — 2 94
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 1,948 175 221 0 — 0 26
Teesside and Hartlepool 2,858 331 358 0 — 0 88
Warwickshire 1,677 307 306 0 — 0 9
West London 3,401 436 819 0 — 0 140
West Sussex 3,149 337 274 0 — 0 31
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 4,308 621 747 0 — 0 81
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,382 443 522 0 — 0 91
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,616 215 206 0 — 0 54
Worcestershire 2,623 359 389 0 — 1 44
York City 607 93 105 0 — 0 3