Source · Children's services
Serious Incident Notification Counts
1215 LA records
Notifications in England by year ending March
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| Year ending March | Notifications | Child deaths | Serious harm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 385 | Not published | Not published |
| 2016 | 379 | Not published | Not published |
| 2017 | 433 | Not published | Not published |
| 2018 | 384 | Not published | Not published |
| 2019 | 498 | 227 | 236 |
| 2020 | 449 | 188 | 253 |
| 2021 | 536 | 223 | 284 |
| 2022 | 442 | 191 | 227 |
| 2023 | 456 | 201 | 244 |
| 2024 | 405 | 205 | 180 |
| 2025 | 338 | 162 | 167 |
| 2026 | 357 | 160 | 188 |
Annual DfE counts of serious incident notifications made to Ofsted by local authority children's services — one figure per authority per year, and nothing else. There is no incident record behind a count: no date, no outcome, and no link to any review that followed. DfE publishes the child death / serious harm split at national level only, alongside ten national breakdowns by child and case characteristics, and suppresses small local counts.
Notifications, England (YE Mar 2026)
357
Child deaths, England (YE Mar 2026)
160
Serious harm, England (YE Mar 2026)
188
By region (YE Mar 2026, rounded to the nearest 10)
London: 70
North West: 60
South East: 40
Outer London: 40
Yorkshire and The Humber: 40
South West: 40
East Midlands: 30
West Midlands: 30
East of England: 30
North East: 30
Inner London: 20