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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

2022 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 4,041 784 871 7 — 0 403
Bedfordshire and Luton 2,101 259 273 7 — 1 70
Berkshire 2,257 440 438 6 — 0 118
Birmingham and Solihull 5,849 823 795 21 — 0 199
Black Country 4,587 1,034 991 0 — 1 185
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,226 344 333 3 — 0 54
Brighton and Hove 1,135 260 268 0 — 1 45
Buckinghamshire 1,346 234 234 2 — 0 50
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3,186 583 660 5 — 0 164
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,695 210 181 0 — 0 0
Central and South East Kent 1,232 252 290 1 — 0 59
Ceredigion 378 22 18 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 3,107 679 639 2 — 0 145
City of London 255 62 83 0 — 0 63
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,304 480 494 9 — 1 67
County Durham and Darlington 3,322 497 480 6 — 0 119
Coventry 1,509 317 348 1 — 0 38
Cumbria 2,069 432 410 5 — 2 38
Derby and Derbyshire 4,420 673 811 4 — 2 208
Dorset 2,481 507 516 10 — 0 159
East London 2,770 399 441 25 — 0 77
East Riding and Hull 2,889 353 413 4 — 0 83
East Sussex 2,344 368 290 2 — 0 28
Essex 6,043 844 677 6 — 0 146
Exeter and Greater Devon 1,966 363 401 0 — 0 58
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,589 167 130 1 — 0 15
Gloucestershire 1,891 340 317 1 — 0 89
Gwent 2,636 379 497 7 — 0 67
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton 6,606 1,021 1,061 9 — 5 115
Herefordshire 702 145 125 3 — 0 25
Hertfordshire 3,000 508 414 3 — 0 64
Inner North London 2,627 592 584 14 — 2 106
Inner South London 3,313 424 503 9 — 0 133
Inner West London 2,163 269 205 3 — 1 20
Isle of Wight 747 158 105 0 — 0 18
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen 4,315 806 666 3 — 1 197
Leicester City and South Leicestershire 2,359 317 331 2 — 0 108
Lincolnshire 3,228 495 541 5 — 0 105
Liverpool and the Wirral 2,883 1,108 1,167 4 — 0 109
Manchester City 2,666 727 852 3 — 0 344
Manchester North 2,143 536 596 6 — 1 233
Manchester South 2,375 778 835 41 — 1 361
Manchester West 3,635 747 772 6 — 0 301
Mid Kent and Medway 2,033 408 445 8 — 0 108
Milton Keynes 959 149 147 3 — 0 21
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,976 266 470 0 — 1 250
Norfolk 3,304 685 679 14 — 0 179
Northamptonshire 2,517 323 248 2 — 0 20
North East Kent 1,340 306 293 7 — 0 57
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,382 199 171 1 — 0 9
North London 3,193 417 393 2 — 1 157
North Northumberland 800 88 83 1 — 0 35
North Tyneside 960 70 118 0 — 0 48
North Wales (East and Central) 2,681 329 325 6 — 0 40
North West Kent 1,764 300 290 0 — 0 15
North West Wales 874 130 140 2 — 0 24
North Yorkshire and York 2,136 566 579 5 — 0 137
Nottinghamshire 4,581 671 646 7 — 0 160
Oxfordshire 2,118 289 288 0 — 0 31
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 2,685 639 527 0 — 2 73
Rutland and North Leicestershire 1,369 165 207 1 — 0 16
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,205 421 560 1 — 0 198
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,962 240 267 1 — 0 36
Somerset 2,447 318 246 0 — 1 114
South London 2,891 310 324 2 — 0 70
South Northumberland 1,228 182 180 0 — 0 99
South Wales Central 4,140 703 413 12 — 1 85
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,308 422 464 1 — 0 154
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,501 517 590 11 — 0 89
Staffordshire South 2,403 419 293 3 — 1 83
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire 2,497 655 556 0 — 0 189
Suffolk 2,218 396 399 5 — 0 190
Sunderland 1,084 138 164 1 — 0 46
Surrey 3,535 698 676 23 — 0 312
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 2,015 269 244 2 — 1 13
Teesside and Hartlepool 3,155 300 460 1 — 0 184
Warwickshire 1,819 295 315 6 — 0 7
West London 3,787 669 622 6 — 4 71
West Sussex 3,264 480 466 7 — 1 61
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 3,729 893 945 6 — 0 136
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,142 526 463 7 — 0 78
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,446 292 269 1 — 0 44
Worcestershire 2,484 394 370 3 — 0 86