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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

2019 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 4,044 644 736 0 — 0 222
Bedfordshire and Luton 2,188 213 195 0 — 0 50
Berkshire 1,943 390 387 0 — 0 71
Birmingham and Solihull 5,195 670 765 0 — 0 154
Black Country 5,183 580 621 0 — 0 29
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,196 249 285 0 — 0 57
Brighton and Hove 1,150 220 205 0 — 2 32
Buckinghamshire 1,231 239 240 0 — 0 66
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3,918 545 493 0 — 0 66
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,502 145 163 0 — 0 8
Central and South East Kent 1,261 218 233 0 — 0 47
Central Hampshire 1,363 124 134 0 — 2 11
Ceredigion 328 32 30 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 2,948 599 677 0 — 0 152
City of London 276 72 50 0 — 0 31
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,693 377 353 0 — 1 19
County Durham and Darlington 3,012 352 342 0 — 0 50
Coventry 1,592 211 294 0 — 0 10
Cumbria 1,982 310 357 0 — 0 19
Derby and Derbyshire 4,660 474 652 0 — 0 118
Dorset 3,476 587 480 0 — 0 129
East London 2,111 317 404 0 — 0 65
East Riding and Hull 2,932 276 302 0 — 0 16
East Sussex 2,359 302 322 0 — 0 7
Essex 5,854 727 701 0 — 0 96
Exeter and Greater Devon 2,424 249 368 0 — 0 79
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,777 268 300 0 — 0 34
Gloucestershire 2,180 263 292 0 — 0 33
Gwent 2,648 231 175 0 — 0 19
Herefordshire 855 105 97 0 — 0 16
Hertfordshire 2,800 358 406 0 — 0 75
Inner North London 2,340 562 556 0 — 0 113
Inner South London 3,402 485 560 0 — 0 91
Inner West London 2,158 351 370 0 — 0 57
Isle of Wight 831 166 146 0 — 1 25
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen 3,677 699 792 0 — 0 142
Leicester City and South Leicestershire 2,030 329 297 0 — 0 82
Lincolnshire 3,242 411 397 0 — 5 128
Liverpool and the Wirral 3,444 829 868 0 — 0 101
Manchester City 3,334 710 733 0 — 0 269
Manchester North 2,181 481 507 0 — 0 226
Manchester South 2,575 535 677 0 — 1 298
Manchester West 3,891 563 579 0 — 0 163
Mid Kent and Medway 2,035 337 382 0 — 0 101
Milton Keynes 839 154 162 0 — 0 13
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,878 108 367 0 — 0 191
Norfolk 2,923 507 523 0 — 1 192
Northamptonshire 2,542 234 240 0 — 0 15
North East Hampshire 1,348 111 79 0 — 0 0
North East Kent 1,497 240 293 0 — 0 64
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,741 114 134 0 — 0 15
North London 3,187 439 393 0 — 1 129
North Northumberland 630 55 62 0 — 0 4
North Tyneside 734 81 90 0 — 1 14
North Wales (East and Central) 2,721 283 324 0 — 0 32
North West Kent 1,777 209 222 0 — 0 12
North West Wales 935 76 102 0 — 1 7
North Yorkshire (Eastern) 714 132 110 0 — 1 6
North Yorkshire (Western) 830 149 151 0 — 0 9
Nottinghamshire 6,781 582 603 0 — 0 125
Oxfordshire 2,032 292 297 0 — 0 33
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 3,069 502 459 0 — 0 52
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 2,587 236 279 0 — 0 49
Rutland and North Leicestershire 1,318 176 193 0 — 0 21
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,126 254 255 0 — 0 20
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,661 245 266 0 — 0 45
Somerset 2,527 287 305 0 — 0 74
Southampton and New Forest 1,966 221 226 0 — 0 11
South London 2,342 280 380 0 — 1 50
South Northumberland 1,097 165 178 0 — 0 35
South Wales Central 3,269 572 537 0 — 1 85
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,466 338 361 0 — 0 100
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,356 561 623 0 — 0 140
Staffordshire South 2,327 347 368 0 — 0 71
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire 2,562 361 457 0 — 2 132
Suffolk 2,064 412 390 0 — 0 131
Sunderland 1,387 162 179 0 — 0 47
Surrey 3,504 624 779 0 — 1 266
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 1,902 200 158 0 — 0 8
Teesside and Hartlepool 3,013 395 388 0 — 0 127
Warwickshire 1,693 305 307 0 — 0 5
West London 3,504 508 556 0 — 0 59
West Sussex 3,315 366 401 0 — 0 53
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 3,646 693 866 0 — 0 133
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,239 529 456 0 — 0 77
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,536 243 261 0 — 0 30
Worcestershire 2,476 280 302 0 — 0 46
York City 556 136 128 0 — 0 26