Reports written by coroners

There is one Chief Coroner, two Deputy Chief Coroners and 77 Senior Coroners for each area. However, when accounting for Area Coroners, Assistant Coroners and all other honorary members listed by the Coroner’s Society, there are over 900 coroners in England and Wales.

Linking all coroners’ names with Prevention of Future Deaths report published since July 2013, only 52% of coroners have written a report. This varies for each coroner, with some writing hundreds and others writing few.

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The 30 coroners who write the most reports

Hover over the bars for exact figures. These coroners account for the writing of more than one-third of all reports (i.e. 37% of all PFDs are written by only 30 coroners).

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Sex

37% of coroners are male in England and Wales (i.e. had a male title, Mr or Sir, on the Coroners’ Society website), 35% were female (i.e. titled Miss, Mrs, Ms or Dame), and 28% had either no title or a gender-neutral title (e.g. Dr, Prof).

Most reports (45%) are written by male coroners, 41% are written by female coroners, and 15% are written by coroners with either no title or a gender-neutral title.

Trends over time by sex

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Reports by coroner name

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Other analyses

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Cite the Tracker

Richards, GC. 2024. The Preventable Deaths Tracker. https://preventabledeathstracker.net/