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InquestIQ

PFD Heatmap

6,422 reports plotted across 260 coroner areas

How these numbers are counted

Map and coroner areas

Reports and areas
Reports with a recorded coroner area. Reports without an area are excluded. The headline area count counts recorded area names; spelling or historical variants can be grouped into the same map region.
Map values
The map groups reports by coroner jurisdiction, not where the death necessarily occurred. Category colours show the most common recorded category in that region. These figures are not population-adjusted death rates or a comparison of local safety.

Figures reflect records currently held in InquestIQ and may change as sources are added or corrected. Read the full counting guide.

Legend — Dominant Category per Area

Hospital
Other
Mental
Wales
Suicide
Alcohol
Care Home
Community health
Road
Workplace
Fill opacity represents PFD volume for that coroner area (logarithmic scale). Click any region to see its name and PFD count. Scroll, pinch, or use the +/− controls to zoom; drag to pan. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate coroner systems and are shown in outline only.

Top 15 Coroner Areas by PFD Volume

Manchester City
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
509
Inner London North
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
360
Manchester South
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
250
Birmingham and Solihull
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
193
East London
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
184
Surrey
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
183
South Wales Central
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
147
West Sussex
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
147
Nottinghamshire
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
144
Inner London South
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
143
Cornwall
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
138
North Wales
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
134
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
129
Mid Kent and Medway
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
126
Essex
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
124