There are 86 coroner’s areas in England and Wales. Using data from 22nd June 2022, we present the number of Prevention of Future Deaths (PFDs) by geographical area.
London (15.3%, n= 614) and Greater Manchester (14.5%, n=582) had the greatest number of PFDs. The median number of PFDs written by area was 39 (IQR: 17-61).
Table 1: Data used to plot figure 2, which is searchable, filterable, and can be downloaded for use.
| corrected_area | Count |
|---|---|
| Manchester South | 326 |
| Inner North London | 208 |
| Birmingham and Solihull | 126 |
| Surrey | 118 |
| Inner South London | 110 |
| Manchester West | 105 |
| South Wales Central | 105 |
| East London | 95 |
| Manchester North | 95 |
| West Yorkshire (Eastern) | 88 |
| Norfolk | 87 |
| Nottinghamshire | 79 |
| Avon | 79 |
| Black Country | 75 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 71 |
| West Sussex | 68 |
| North Wales (East and Central) | 67 |
| Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton | 66 |
| County Durham and Darlington | 66 |
| West Yorkshire (Western) | 64 |
| Leicester City and South Leicestershire | 61 |
| Brighton and Hove | 61 |
| South Yorkshire (Western) | 60 |
| Staffordshire South | 60 |
| North London | 59 |
| Bedfordshire and Luton | 59 |
| Inner West London | 59 |
| Manchester City | 56 |
| Milton Keynes | 54 |
| Essex | 54 |
| Cumbria | 52 |
| Wiltshire and Swindon | 52 |
| Lincolnshire | 49 |
| Mid Kent and Medway | 48 |
| Liverpool and the Wirral | 46 |
| Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon | 45 |
| Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen | 45 |
| South Yorkshire (Eastern) | 44 |
| Exeter and Greater Devon | 43 |
| Dorset | 43 |
| Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire | 40 |
| Suffolk | 40 |
| Worcestershire | 39 |
| West London | 39 |
| Sunderland | 38 |
| Blackpool and the Fylde | 37 |
| South London | 36 |
| Berkshire | 36 |
| Gloucestershire | 33 |
| Derby and Derbyshire | 32 |
| Warwickshire | 31 |
| Hertfordshire | 29 |
| Oxfordshire | 26 |
| Gwent | 26 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 26 |
| Cheshire | 25 |
| Central and South East Kent | 23 |
| Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin | 21 |
| Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire | 21 |
| Coventry | 19 |
| Isle of Wight | 19 |
| Buckinghamshire | 18 |
| Swansea and Neath Port Talbot | 17 |
| Northamptonshire | 17 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 17 |
| North East Kent | 14 |
| Somerset | 13 |
| East Sussex | 13 |
| North Northumberland | 12 |
| North West Wales | 11 |
| Teesside | 11 |
| East Riding and Hull | 10 |
| North Yorkshire (Western) | 9 |
| City of London | 8 |
| Rutland and North Leicestershire | 7 |
| North West Kent | 7 |
| Gateshead and South Tyneside | 7 |
| North Lincolnshire and Grimsby | 4 |
| South Northumberland | 4 |
| North Yorkshire (Eastern) | 4 |
| North Tyneside | 4 |
| York City | 3 |
| Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens | 2 |
| Herefordshire | 2 |
| Hartlepool | 2 |
| Ceredigion | 1 |
