Newcastle

Coroner Area
Reports: 52 Earliest: Sep 2013 Latest: 17 Nov 2025

67% response rate (above 62% average).

Response Status
Responded 35 No Response 1 Historic 16
AI Classification
Action Taken 31%
Action Planned 31%
Noted 19%
Disputed 19%
Based on 16 classified responses
Top Categories
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedure… (19) Other related deaths (8) Road (Highways Safety) related dea… (7) Alcohol, drug and medication relat… (6) Child Death (from 2015) (6)
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How does this area compare?
vs North East average: +9 reports · +2pp response rate
vs national average: -31 reports · +5pp response rate
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Christopher MacGillivray
No Identified Response
2024-0297 29 May 2024
Ministry of Justice
Alcohol, drug and medication related deaths Suicide (from 2015)
Concerns summary Prison policies lack mandatory procedures for communicating self-harm risk for remand prisoners on unplanned releases, leaving a critical gap in managing safety for vulnerable individuals released at short notice.