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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

2023 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 3,719 831 865 10 — 2 297
Bedfordshire and Luton 1,938 221 252 5 — 0 57
Berkshire 2,148 427 464 10 — 0 80
Birmingham and Solihull 5,017 873 900 19 — 1 224
Black Country 4,473 1,156 1,191 2 — 0 269
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,194 401 392 7 — 0 92
Buckinghamshire 1,282 259 270 2 — 0 69
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3,231 503 656 8 — 0 177
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,527 170 228 0 — 0 6
Central and South East Kent 1,306 291 295 3 — 0 77
Ceredigion 324 12 5 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 2,773 544 730 9 — 0 221
City of London 262 89 59 2 — 0 46
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,137 510 557 21 — 2 99
County Durham and Darlington 2,793 579 593 9 — 0 177
Coventry 1,460 318 379 0 — 0 44
Cumbria 1,800 488 550 8 — 4 64
Derby and Derbyshire 4,150 703 783 11 — 1 187
Dorset 2,336 440 534 12 — 0 154
East London 2,586 409 391 26 — 1 82
East Riding and Hull 2,666 364 436 7 — 1 83
East Sussex 2,256 331 326 3 — 0 22
Essex 5,726 905 1,120 9 — 0 283
Exeter and Greater Devon 1,733 373 463 4 — 2 105
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,413 153 234 7 — 0 31
Gloucestershire 1,714 299 373 1 — 0 109
Gwent 2,302 456 463 7 — 0 43
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton 6,104 986 919 7 — 1 85
Herefordshire 655 152 155 5 — 0 43
Hertfordshire 2,815 420 497 3 — 0 77
Inner North London 2,539 647 590 25 — 1 122
Inner South London 3,556 474 669 10 — 0 177
Inner West London 2,355 319 282 10 — 0 41
Isle of Wight 773 174 158 0 — 0 17
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen 4,448 774 846 2 — 1 305
Leicester City and South Leicestershire 1,841 316 375 7 — 0 129
Lincolnshire 2,925 496 645 7 — 0 136
Liverpool and the Wirral 2,720 1,066 1,192 8 — 1 110
Manchester City 2,258 668 1,033 2 — 0 370
Manchester North 1,928 527 559 11 — 0 230
Manchester South 2,282 792 774 42 — 1 369
Manchester West 3,080 648 818 2 — 0 369
Mid Kent and Medway 1,989 363 378 3 — 1 95
Milton Keynes 848 94 130 12 — 0 19
Newcastle and North Tyneside 2,434 385 575 7 — 0 298
Norfolk 3,125 636 687 9 — 0 205
Northamptonshire 2,378 336 367 5 — 0 30
North East Kent 1,255 281 300 2 — 0 106
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby 1,447 235 150 1 — 0 28
North London 2,755 540 403 11 — 1 28
North Northumberland 606 55 91 2 — 0 43
North Wales (East and Central) 2,423 325 362 18 — 0 48
North West Kent 1,882 265 283 1 — 0 27
North West Wales 847 148 161 6 — 0 29
North Yorkshire and York 2,196 585 664 5 — 0 226
Nottinghamshire 4,241 737 738 13 — 0 157
Oxfordshire 2,192 334 333 0 — 0 44
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon 2,357 582 382 3 — 1 86
Rutland and North Leicestershire 1,160 212 209 0 — 0 16
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 2,025 388 485 3 — 0 128
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,998 244 266 2 — 0 48
Somerset 2,272 360 343 6 — 1 146
South London 2,809 292 370 2 — 3 49
South Northumberland 939 196 233 0 — 0 112
South Wales Central 3,935 658 767 6 — 0 149
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,125 351 461 0 — 1 114
South Yorkshire (Western) 3,165 591 516 17 — 0 87
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent 4,268 1,013 921 6 — 0 372
Suffolk 2,221 409 447 9 — 0 182
Sunderland 1,104 181 203 2 — 0 68
Surrey 3,225 772 780 15 — 0 360
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 1,906 256 263 4 — 0 18
Teesside and Hartlepool 2,983 314 581 1 — 0 245
Warwickshire 1,768 327 324 6 — 1 6
West London 3,773 669 693 7 — 1 85
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove 4,051 771 814 12 — 0 182
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 3,724 1,086 1,257 11 — 0 156
West Yorkshire (Western) 3,109 547 634 6 — 2 116
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,299 317 280 3 — 0 49
Worcestershire 2,560 434 425 10 — 0 141