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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

2020 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 3,832 643 768 0 — 0 368
Bedfordshire and Luton 2,039 225 249 0 — 0 44
Berkshire 2,079 379 422 0 — 0 58
Birmingham and Solihull 5,693 794 732 0 — 1 190
Black Country 5,375 818 907 0 — 0 164
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,138 248 320 0 — 0 87
Brighton and Hove 1,143 210 189 0 — 4 32
Buckinghamshire 1,280 230 224 0 — 0 56
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2,977 463 424 0 — 0 80
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,551 126 86 0 — 0 6
Central and South East Kent 1,295 287 282 0 — 0 56
Ceredigion 351 32 24 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 2,721 581 444 0 — 0 126
City of London 238 50 59 0 — 0 46
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1,965 408 367 0 — 1 10
County Durham and Darlington 2,907 437 459 0 — 0 84
Coventry 1,389 267 370 0 — 0 24
Cumbria 1,945 287 386 0 — 1 35
Derby and Derbyshire 4,589 556 660 0 — 0 93
Dorset 2,369 441 462 0 — 0 128
East London 2,513 383 479 0 — 1 83
East Riding and Hull 2,637 323 266 0 — 1 15
East Sussex 2,214 306 266 0 — 0 13
Essex 6,046 628 697 0 — 0 82
Exeter and Greater Devon 1,982 242 292 0 — 0 59
Gateshead and South Tyneside 3,697 201 231 0 — 0 19
Gloucestershire 2,072 264 325 0 — 0 36
Gwent 2,717 992 255 0 — 0 45
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton 6,870 959 659 0 — 3 31
Herefordshire 718 114 148 0 — 0 25
Hertfordshire 2,647 383 338 0 — 0 92
Inner North London 2,547 584 611 0 — 0 119
Inner South London 3,349 434 336 0 — 0 56
Inner West London 2,140 297 410 0 — 1 58
Isle of Wight 726 174 105 0 — 0 8
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen 3,930 739 552 0 — 0 90
Leicester City and South Leicestershire 2,418 333 379 0 — 0 84
Lincolnshire 3,272 416 425 0 — 0 129
Liverpool and the Wirral 3,309 735 822 0 — 1 74
Manchester City 2,633 659 756 0 — 0 241
Manchester North 1,980 502 446 0 — 0 156
Manchester South 2,760 724 644 0 — 4 312
Manchester West 3,434 641 458 0 — 0 149
Mid Kent and Medway 2,135 450 470 0 — 0 98
Milton Keynes 811 145 140 0 — 0 15
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,730 43 386 0 — 0 172
Norfolk 3,026 603 610 0 — 1 158
Northamptonshire 2,555 288 214 0 — 0 20
North East Kent 1,646 342 341 0 — 0 68
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,102 140 82 0 — 0 6
North London 2,968 406 400 0 — 0 187
North Northumberland 626 66 58 0 — 0 8
North Tyneside 1,062 43 67 0 — 0 23
North Wales (East and Central) 2,568 333 264 0 — 0 16
North West Kent 1,766 235 247 0 — 0 22
North West Wales 896 89 91 0 — 0 1
North Yorkshire (Eastern) 602 114 123 0 — 0 12
North Yorkshire (Western) 652 130 123 0 — 0 19
Nottinghamshire 4,434 584 570 0 — 0 106
Oxfordshire 1,979 294 311 0 — 0 25
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 2,367 512 505 0 — 0 50
Rutland and North Leicestershire 1,500 192 205 0 — 0 20
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,410 340 347 0 — 0 162
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,692 220 243 0 — 0 35
Somerset 2,185 332 337 0 — 0 59
South London 2,735 294 252 0 — 0 42
South Northumberland 1,111 158 124 0 — 0 20
South Wales Central 3,489 533 364 0 — 0 78
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,493 379 331 0 — 0 98
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,349 576 594 0 — 1 121
Staffordshire South 2,395 336 328 0 — 1 66
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire 2,401 433 460 0 — 1 200
Suffolk 2,173 398 452 0 — 0 106
Sunderland 1,149 193 189 0 — 0 35
Surrey 3,433 613 752 0 — 1 255
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 1,849 195 214 0 — 0 19
Teesside and Hartlepool 3,373 354 455 0 — 0 107
Warwickshire 1,888 335 309 0 — 0 5
West London 3,560 490 494 0 — 1 50
West Sussex 3,413 387 361 0 — 0 61
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 3,814 683 827 0 — 0 152
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,190 472 428 0 — 0 62
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,540 333 301 0 — 0 52
Worcestershire 2,247 295 299 0 — 1 57
York City 563 118 133 0 — 0 22