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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

2021 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 3,748 692 737 3 — 0 372
Bedfordshire and Luton 1,905 258 247 4 — 0 56
Berkshire 2,056 424 457 4 — 0 112
Birmingham and Solihull 5,714 760 772 4 — 1 196
Black Country 4,676 626 634 0 — 0 166
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,159 286 266 10 — 0 69
Brighton and Hove 1,217 232 205 10 — 1 50
Buckinghamshire 1,312 250 235 2 — 0 51
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2,905 529 429 6 — 0 91
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,293 143 29 0 — 0 1
Central and South East Kent 1,272 288 295 0 — 0 78
Ceredigion 293 15 19 1 — 0 0
Cheshire 2,669 578 628 0 — 1 217
City of London 246 71 57 0 — 0 44
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,040 380 417 8 — 1 43
County Durham and Darlington 2,801 422 494 6 — 0 110
Coventry 1,363 302 357 0 — 0 41
Cumbria 1,767 277 275 3 — 1 41
Derby and Derbyshire 4,448 633 705 7 — 0 202
Dorset 2,176 465 462 8 — 0 144
East London 2,620 404 421 1 — 2 64
East Riding and Hull 2,579 313 350 0 — 3 37
East Sussex 2,166 334 339 1 — 2 15
Essex 5,768 720 580 5 — 1 112
Exeter and Greater Devon 1,855 408 288 0 — 0 40
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,724 223 253 3 — 0 22
Gloucestershire 1,764 281 262 1 — 1 59
Gwent 2,414 340 313 8 — 0 71
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton 5,970 1,024 977 6 — 1 72
Herefordshire 590 104 108 0 — 0 20
Hertfordshire 2,354 388 266 0 — 1 57
Inner North London 2,547 614 446 22 — 0 107
Inner South London 3,290 447 381 10 — 0 72
Inner West London 2,230 257 267 2 — 0 19
Isle of Wight 769 167 197 1 — 0 39
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen 3,709 661 514 0 — 0 137
Leicester City and South Leicestershire 2,243 272 280 3 — 0 91
Lincolnshire 2,951 504 466 4 — 0 92
Liverpool and the Wirral 3,052 733 782 5 — 0 76
Manchester City 2,776 679 852 6 — 0 305
Manchester North 2,041 507 646 10 — 3 278
Manchester South 2,350 774 680 45 — 2 301
Manchester West 3,255 587 686 6 — 0 283
Mid Kent and Medway 1,852 435 478 0 — 0 131
Milton Keynes 844 141 164 7 — 0 23
Newcastle upon Tyne 2,112 352 443 0 — 0 210
Norfolk 2,976 611 585 7 — 1 125
Northamptonshire 2,326 262 301 1 — 0 17
North East Kent 1,287 252 278 0 — 0 70
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,123 174 95 0 — 1 13
North London 2,850 446 464 2 — 1 183
North Northumberland 667 62 98 22 — 0 37
North Tyneside 963 95 150 0 — 0 50
North Wales (East and Central) 2,633 344 349 5 — 0 32
North West Kent 1,617 215 220 0 — 0 29
North West Wales 874 147 77 2 — 0 8
North Yorkshire (Eastern) 686 177 137 0 — 0 43
North Yorkshire (Western) 607 167 137 2 — 0 23
Nottinghamshire 4,301 658 667 16 — 1 138
Oxfordshire 1,904 316 296 5 — 0 25
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 2,458 581 513 0 — 1 72
Rutland and North Leicestershire 1,346 202 201 0 — 0 5
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,069 379 503 1 — 0 192
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,688 254 256 1 — 0 45
Somerset 2,346 347 333 0 — 0 101
South London 2,623 334 300 8 — 2 67
South Northumberland 1,251 161 234 50 — 0 114
South Wales Central 3,530 499 479 0 — 0 98
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,213 399 397 0 — 0 127
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,354 510 637 7 — 0 136
Staffordshire South 2,376 341 356 7 — 0 94
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire 2,477 543 607 5 — 1 273
Suffolk 2,012 365 342 7 — 0 121
Sunderland 1,202 157 187 4 — 0 39
Surrey 3,419 644 661 12 — 0 280
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 1,881 200 101 0 — 0 4
Teesside and Hartlepool 2,975 290 415 0 — 0 128
Warwickshire 1,833 330 358 0 — 0 6
West London 3,626 603 595 0 — 3 72
West Sussex 2,949 427 401 15 — 0 62
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 3,538 729 830 25 — 0 203
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,082 474 567 8 — 0 92
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,347 243 250 0 — 2 44
Worcestershire 2,295 355 380 6 — 1 94
York City 504 169 135 0 — 0 46