Reports by coroner areas - Preventable Deaths Tracker

As of October 2024, there are 77 coroner areas (jurisdictions) in England and Wales. However, the number of areas is subject to change because of area mergers.

Each area has written a coroners’ Prevention of Future Deaths report (PFD), but this widely varies, with some writing hundreds and others writing few.

Comparing all 77 areas, most reports are written by coroners in Manchester and London. Hover over each area to see the latest data on reports published since July 2013.

Read our analysis of geographical variation

Reports by coroner areas in England and Wales

Reports by coroner areas and their responses

Coroner area	Total PFDs	Sent to	Replies	completed	partial	overdue	pending	% completed
Greater Manchester South	458	717	523	302	47	106	3	42,12
London Inner North	284	424	328	188	31	61	4	44,34
Surrey	173	358	213	79	47	45	2	22,07
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove	172	282	201	99	33	37	3	35,11
Birmingham and Solihull	167	338	269	115	32	19	1	34,02
London East	162	281	184	76	27	56	3	27,05
London Inner South	136	295	187	62	46	28	0	21,02
South Wales Central	126	217	119	63	21	42	0	29,03
Greater Manchester North	124	244	154	71	27	26	0	29,10
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent	120	166	120	73	14	31	2	43,98
Nottinghamshire	118	203	127	68	15	32	3	33,50
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	117	180	136	76	12	25	4	42,22
Norfolk	116	153	121	83	9	22	2	54,25
Yorkshire West Eastern	114	179	123	69	13	29	3	38,55
Greater Manchester West	114	175	105	65	13	35	1	37,14
County of Devon, Plymouth & Torbay	104	162	137	60	16	26	2	37,04
North Wales (East & Central)	99	132	91	69	4	26	0	52,27
Avon	97	164	94	49	17	30	1	29,88
County Durham and Darlington	94	143	113	67	12	15	0	46,85
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton	92	153	84	43	15	32	2	28,10
Yorkshire South West	91	135	92	51	14	25	1	37,78
The Black Country Jurisdiction	85	128	80	48	13	24	0	37,50
Yorkshire West Western	84	126	64	33	12	37	2	26,19
Essex	82	129	64	31	13	34	4	24,03
London Inner West	79	155	66	24	19	34	2	15,48
Leicester City and South Leicestershire	74	106	105	62	7	4	1	58,49
Bedfordshire and Luton	73	101	68	46	9	18	0	45,54
Cumbria	73	105	77	48	11	14	0	45,71
Milton Keynes	72	103	71	37	7	28	0	35,92
Suffolk	69	116	78	41	7	19	2	35,34
Dorset	68	148	131	50	7	8	3	33,78
Greater Lincolnshire	67	96	39	29	5	33	0	30,21
Worcestershire	66	90	70	40	8	17	1	44,44
London North	65	110	75	40	5	19	1	36,36
Liverpool and the Wirral	65	95	55	31	13	19	2	32,63
Berkshire	65	119	82	31	16	15	3	26,05
Manchester City	64	140	60	26	14	24	0	18,57
Kent Mid and Medway	62	82	54	37	6	18	1	45,12
Derby and Derbyshire	60	106	54	30	9	19	2	28,30
London West	56	101	33	23	5	27	1	22,77
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen	54	65	28	23	1	30	0	35,38
Wiltshire and Swindon	54	87	55	31	6	17	0	35,63
Cheshire	52	79	56	30	7	13	2	37,97
Blackpool and Fylde	50	66	40	32	0	18	0	48,48
Yorkshire South East	50	67	42	32	1	17	0	47,76
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	46	94	55	21	8	16	1	22,34
Sunderland	43	56	46	29	2	12	0	51,79
London South	42	77	46	20	5	17	0	25,97
Gwent	41	48	37	28	2	11	0	58,33
Warwickshire	41	66	34	21	3	17	0	31,82
Gloucestershire	37	52	31	23	5	8	1	44,23
Newcastle and North Tyneside	35	50	43	20	5	10	0	40,00
East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston-upon-Hull	35	63	41	17	4	12	2	26,98
Northamptonshire	33	57	31	16	6	11	0	28,07
Hertfordshire	31	39	27	20	0	11	0	51,28
Kent Central and South East	30	38	19	13	3	14	0	34,21
North Yorkshire and York	29	50	31	15	3	11	0	30,00
Oxfordshire	29	33	28	24	0	5	0	72,73
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot	28	47	29	18	1	8	1	38,30
East Sussex	27	59	47	22	2	1	2	37,29
Somerset	25	39	20	11	1	13	0	28,21
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin	24	34	24	14	2	8	0	41,18
North West Wales	22	31	28	18	2	2	0	58,06
Buckinghamshire	22	28	18	12	1	9	0	42,86
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire	22	27	18	15	0	7	0	55,56
Northumberland	21	28	19	12	3	6	0	42,86
Kent North East	21	35	19	11	5	5	0	31,43
Teesside and Hartlepool	21	41	23	9	8	4	0	21,95
Isle of Wight	19	33	13	7	3	9	0	21,21
Coventry	19	25	8	7	0	12	0	28,00
Herefordshire	16	19	17	12	0	4	0	63,16
London City	15	33	21	7	4	4	0	21,21
Rutland and North Leicestershire	12	26	14	4	4	4	0	15,38
Gateshead and South Tyneside	10	24	5	3	0	7	0	12,50
Kent North West	9	11	7	5	2	2	0	45,45
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens	6	11	3	0	3	3	0	0,00
Central Criminal Court	1	7	7	1	0	0	0	14,29
Ceredigion	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	50,00

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