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Deaths reported to coroners, post-mortems, inquests and conclusions, England and Wales

Deaths reported to coroners in England and Wales each year since 1995, the post-mortem examinations they ordered, the inquests they opened and the inquest conclusions they recorded, from the Ministry of Justice's coroners statistics.

Deaths reported to coroners

147,814

2025 · provisional

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:49 UTC
Deaths reported to coroners, post-mortems, inquests and conclusions, England and Wales
  • Deaths reported to coroners
  • Post-mortem examinations
  • Inquests opened
  • Inquest conclusions recorded
050k100k150k200k250k1995200020052010201520202025

Source: Ministry of Justice. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

31 periods, newest first

PeriodDeaths reported to coronersPost-mortem examinationsInquests openedInquest conclusions recorded
2025147,81475,85235,98939,118
2024174,87881,18536,66139,586
2023194,99986,01436,85539,469
2022208,43090,19136,27335,643
2021195,18084,59932,76232,322
2020205,43879,35731,99130,936
2019210,91282,07229,96931,284
2018220,64885,59329,09430,732
2017229,78685,57331,55933,945
2016241,21186,54538,62640,467
2015236,40689,20632,85735,473
2014223,84189,87525,889–
2013227,98494,45529,94231,579
2012227,72194,81432,54230,123
2011222,37193,95430,98129,858
2010230,595101,94330,78829,385
2009229,883105,35430,97729,781
2008234,784108,36030,99928,996
2007234,458110,36030,84127,360
2006230,007110,22429,32727,547
2005232,401114,62029,27126,814
2004225,511115,77328,27425,494
2003227,790119,61027,11324,259
2002224,999117,68426,43023,423
2001224,286121,11225,79323,617
2000218,092124,53624,85723,088
1999220,176124,78024,37522,349
1998211,433124,35623,56821,333
1997208,578123,01522,70320,699
1996212,584126,18422,31819,855
1995208,522126,39822,67020,051

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Source and licence

Publisher
Ministry of Justice
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Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
29 October 2026, 11:46 UTC
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Verification

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:49 UTC Run at 29 October 2026, 11:49 UTC; 124 of 124 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedMinistry of Justice; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-29T11:46:49Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures124 of 124 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers124 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure124 of 124 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2025 ended 302 days before retrieval (limit 560), from Coroners statistics 2025: England and Wales (statistical tables)
PassTable 3 agrees31 of 31 figures match the inquests opened in Table 3 of the same tables
PassThe release's CSV agrees, its areas added up by year123 of 123 figures agree with coroners-statistics-2025-csvs/coroners-statistics-2025-csv-inc-less-inv.csv in https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ad615e30f7b53973e026902/coroners-statistics-2025-csvs.zip, its areas added up by year, 3 of them where the CSV is short by no more than its deaths of unknown sex, whose inquests its column leaves out
PassSource page answershttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Accredited official statistics from the returns each coroner area makes to the Ministry of Justice for the calendar year. From 1995 the deaths reported include those that needed neither a post-mortem nor an inquest.
  • Inquest conclusions are recorded in the year an inquest ends, which is often not the year it opened.
  • The MoJ marks 2024 as revised.
  • The MoJ marks 2025 as provisional.