Missing Persons Data

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008516/W

 Version Date: 06/08/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information.

Data Source:

Missing persons compact

Data Processing:

Qliksense Mispers Dashboard

Missing Reports data table

Exported all data                                      

Matched in MISPER_Person_Gender from Missing Persons Data Table           

Calculated the difference in months between date reported and return date     

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:                                

• Data is not held for the 14/11/2022 and 15/11/2022. This is because data entry was interrupted due to the transition to a new records management system
• Child is represented as under 18 years of age at time reported missing
• QS Outliers 31 Outliers removed from data due to data inconsistency
• QV Outliers 15 Outliers removed from data due to data inconsistency
• NICHE data (Nov 2022 onwards) does not record 'Gender' but Sex defined by Male/Female/Unknown only                                                                                                                                               

I am looking for 2019 - 2024 (inclusive) missing persons data and would appreciate it if you could provide the data for each separate year.

How many persons were reported missing each year? what were the proportions of adult males, adult females and children?

Please note that an individual will appear in the data once per reported missing year.

How many of the reported missing person cases were resolved (person found) in each year

How many cases were resolved within the first month, within three months, within six months and within nine months from the date they were reported missing in each year?