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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

2024 — Area-Level Data

Coroner Area Deaths Reported Inquests Opened Concluded PFDs Issued Avg Weeks Neglect Narrative
Avon 3,343 807 842 8 — 2 245
Bedfordshire and Luton 1,657 241 238 7 — 0 67
Berkshire 1,948 466 514 22 — 0 164
Birmingham and Solihull 4,367 914 966 22 — 0 223
Black Country 3,781 954 1,001 2 — 1 237
Blackpool and the Fylde 1,145 331 369 5 — 0 97
Buckinghamshire 1,130 279 289 1 — 0 91
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3,050 518 528 9 — 0 169
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1,428 167 181 3 — 0 6
Central and South East Kent 1,222 250 268 3 — 0 66
Ceredigion 302 35 30 0 — 0 0
Cheshire 2,866 710 813 15 — 0 231
City of London 277 93 104 0 — 0 81
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,088 516 491 23 — 0 91
County Durham and Darlington 2,389 639 681 16 — 3 180
Coventry 1,222 342 381 0 — 0 52
Cumbria 1,570 402 453 11 — 2 77
Derby and Derbyshire 3,747 792 953 16 — 1 294
Devon, Plymouth and Torbay 3,660 855 812 7 — 1 200
Dorset 2,186 489 538 11 — 0 178
East London 2,611 496 420 24 — 2 80
East Riding and Hull 2,378 347 433 13 — 0 70
East Sussex 2,038 343 344 9 — 0 40
Essex 5,271 1,082 1,026 14 — 0 240
Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,248 159 220 20 — 2 29
Gloucestershire 1,587 394 341 2 — 0 115
Greater Lincolnshire 3,548 752 872 1 — 1 204
Gwent 2,216 475 508 7 — 0 48
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton 5,101 920 1,043 7 — 1 104
Herefordshire 592 133 148 5 — 0 50
Hertfordshire 2,603 402 394 1 — 0 133
Inner North London 2,366 627 742 41 — 0 177
Inner South London 3,169 446 645 9 — 1 183
Inner West London 1,990 371 540 0 — 8 105
Isle of Wight 679 123 38 0 — 0 12
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen 3,463 676 767 4 — 4 306
Leicester City and South Leicestershire 1,725 336 343 5 — 0 125
Liverpool and the Wirral 2,613 957 1,060 9 — 1 141
Manchester City 1,901 747 943 0 — 0 460
Manchester North 1,737 517 504 14 — 0 248
Manchester South 1,973 735 759 59 — 7 354
Manchester West 2,987 717 763 5 — 8 350
Mid Kent and Medway 1,804 326 364 7 — 0 80
Milton Keynes 710 113 107 6 — 0 13
Newcastle and North Tyneside 2,111 311 461 3 — 0 212
Norfolk 3,207 666 726 14 — 0 256
Northamptonshire 2,176 380 341 5 — 0 32
North East Kent 1,158 258 289 2 — 0 71
North London 2,711 476 585 13 — 0 100
Northumberland 1,456 266 284 3 — 0 134
North Wales (East and Central) 1,933 344 452 16 — 0 58
North West Kent 1,592 242 275 1 — 0 26
North West Wales 845 178 245 4 — 0 31
North Yorkshire and York 2,044 529 560 5 — 0 185
Nottinghamshire 3,716 703 889 22 — 6 180
Oxfordshire 1,925 400 414 5 — 0 99
Rutland and North Leicestershire 918 172 178 4 — 0 11
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens 1,984 384 417 0 — 0 135
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,716 251 254 0 — 0 42
Somerset 2,046 390 332 3 — 0 171
South London 2,687 330 451 3 — 0 88
South Wales Central 3,720 647 829 9 — 0 195
South Yorkshire (Eastern) 2,014 428 452 5 — 0 147
South Yorkshire (Western) 2,692 576 615 14 — 0 182
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent 3,709 895 1,080 13 — 0 441
Suffolk 1,938 452 413 17 — 0 218
Sunderland 980 191 202 2 — 0 69
Surrey 2,918 719 820 27 — 0 342
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot 1,793 271 251 5 — 0 24
Teesside and Hartlepool 2,285 260 539 6 — 0 189
Warwickshire 1,599 320 337 3 — 0 6
West London 3,323 573 675 6 — 1 85
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove 3,562 724 728 21 — 1 192
West Yorkshire (Eastern) 3,325 1,045 1,150 12 — 0 172
West Yorkshire (Western) 2,780 526 702 8 — 3 148
Wiltshire and Swindon 2,015 274 279 4 — 0 52
Worcestershire 2,258 485 440 15 — 0 201