Missing cases

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008367/B

Version Date: 07/07/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information.

Data Source:
Missing persons compact

Data Processing:
Qliksense Mispers Dashboard                                                     
Reported data table                                                
Exported all data                                                     
32 duplicates removed on OCC_OccurrenceFileNo: These were caused by the "FOUND BY" column                                                          
Excel Filtered on Reported Date: 16/11/2022 - 31/12/2024                                        

QV Missing Persons Report                                                          
Individual Record Tab                                                        
Exported all data                                                     
Excel Filtered on Reported Date: 01/01/2019-13/11/2022                                        

Caveats\Limitations                                                                                      Police transitioned to a new records management system on 15/11/2022, data before and after this date are recorded differently and are not comparable.

Data for "Found Deceased" is not held before 16/11/2022                                         

Data is not held for 14/11/2022 and 15/11/2022. This is because data entry was interrupted due to the transition to a new records management system               

How many missing people cases have been reported in the following years across Devon and Cornwall:

2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25

(if calendar years are better, then 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024)

How many of the cases were solved/found the missing person alive?

How many ended with the missing person being deceased?

There was a total of 28,637 missing people cases; please note there may be more than one person attached to a report.