POLICE will prepare a report for the Coroner after a man was found dead at a home in Coalcliff earlier this week.

About 7.15pm on Wednesday Wollongong police were alerted after a home owner in Coalcliff found a dead man in the rear of the premises.

A vehicle stolen earlier in the day was found a short distance away and has been seized for forensic examination.

The death of the 27-year-old man is not being treated as suspicious.