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Inquests opened by coroner area, England and Wales

Inquests each coroner area in England and Wales opened this year and last, with the ten coroner regions and England and Wales, from the Ministry of Justice's coroners statistics.

Inquests opened, England and Wales

35,989

2025

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:51 UTC
Inquests opened by coroner area, England and Wales
  • 2025
  • 2024
05001k2kEssex1,0601,082Kent and Medway9681,076Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton951920Avon921807Birmingham and Solihull914914Devon, Plymouth and Torbay914855West Yorkshire (Eastern)8491,045Cheshire816710Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent787895Derby and Derbyshire783792Manchester South782735Manchester City750747Manchester West728717South Wales Central705647Surrey690719West Sussex, Brighton and Hove688724Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen678676Black Country677954Greater Lincolnshire673752Liverpool and the Wirral664957Nottinghamshire658703County Durham and Darlington653639West London647573West Yorkshire (Western)634526Inner North London608627Norfolk579666Gwent565475Cornwall and Isles of Scilly536516North London534476Cambridgeshire and Peterborough528518North Yorkshire and York526529Manchester North505517Dorset483489South Yorkshire (Eastern)470428South Yorkshire (Western)462576Worcestershire460485Gloucestershire454394Berkshire451466Hertfordshire435402Suffolk426452Oxfordshire419400North Wales (East and Central)419344East London418496Warwickshire404320Somerset401391Inner South London398446South London394330Leicester City and South Leicestershire388336Northamptonshire379380Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens362384Cumbria357402East Riding and Hull325347Swansea and Neath Port Talbot322271Wiltshire and Swindon317274East Sussex295343Buckinghamshire286279Teesside and Hartlepool284260Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin278251Newcastle and North Tyneside261311Blackpool and the Fylde252331Coventry244342Bedfordshire and Luton239241Inner West London238371Northumberland224266Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire221167Rutland and North Leicestershire202172North West Wales194178Sunderland186191Herefordshire157133Isle of Wight153123Gateshead and South Tyneside136159Milton Keynes102113City of London9493Ceredigion2835

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

Data table

85 rows

Area20252024
Essex1,0601,082
Kent and Medway9681,076
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton951920
Avon921807
Birmingham and Solihull914914
Devon, Plymouth and Torbay914855
West Yorkshire (Eastern)8491,045
Cheshire816710
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent787895
Derby and Derbyshire783792
Manchester South782735
Manchester City750747
Manchester West728717
South Wales Central705647
Surrey690719
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove688724
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen678676
Black Country677954
Greater Lincolnshire673752
Liverpool and the Wirral664957
Nottinghamshire658703
County Durham and Darlington653639
West London647573
West Yorkshire (Western)634526
Inner North London608627
Norfolk579666
Gwent565475
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly536516
North London534476
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough528518
North Yorkshire and York526529
Manchester North505517
Dorset483489
South Yorkshire (Eastern)470428
South Yorkshire (Western)462576
Worcestershire460485
Gloucestershire454394
Berkshire451466
Hertfordshire435402
Suffolk426452
Oxfordshire419400
North Wales (East and Central)419344
East London418496
Warwickshire404320
Somerset401391
Inner South London398446
South London394330
Leicester City and South Leicestershire388336
Northamptonshire379380
Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens362384
Cumbria357402
East Riding and Hull325347
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot322271
Wiltshire and Swindon317274
East Sussex295343
Buckinghamshire286279
Teesside and Hartlepool284260
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin278251
Newcastle and North Tyneside261311
Blackpool and the Fylde252331
Coventry244342
Bedfordshire and Luton239241
Inner West London238371
Northumberland224266
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire221167
Rutland and North Leicestershire202172
North West Wales194178
Sunderland186191
Herefordshire157133
Isle of Wight153123
Gateshead and South Tyneside136159
Milton Keynes102113
City of London9493
Ceredigion2835
North East1,7441,826
North West5,8946,176
East Midlands3,0833,135
West Midlands3,9214,294
Eastern3,2673,361
London3,3313,412
South East5,0035,163
South West4,0263,726
Wales2,4542,117
Yorkshire and the Humber3,2663,451
ENGLAND and WALES35,98936,661

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Source and licence

Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Check it yourself
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
29 October 2026, 11:48 UTC
Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:51 UTC Run at 29 October 2026, 11:51 UTC; 170 of 170 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedMinistry of Justice; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-29T11:48:00Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures170 of 170 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers170 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure170 of 170 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)
PassThe coroner areas add up to their regions and England and Walesin 22 of 22 cases the areas and the regions sum to the whole within 0 (22 exactly)
PassThe release's CSV agrees, area by area147 of 147 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, 3 of them where the CSV is short by no more than its deaths of unknown sex, whose inquests its column leaves out; 1 figure for areas the CSV has no row for in their year is left out: Kent and Medway (2024)
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. Coroner areas and their regions are the MoJ's own, by its names: Wales is one region, and the regions are not the ONS's, so no figure is placed in a council or region of the hub's.
  • Coroner areas merge from time to time: Greater Lincolnshire, Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, and Northumberland each from two areas on 1 April 2024, and Kent and Medway from four on 1 July 2025. An area that did not exist in a year shows no figure for it.