Child abduction warning notices

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/009324/U

Version Date: 26/01/2026

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Source:                                        

Occurrence data from Niche                                       

Data Processing:                                 

Qliksense "Occurrence - People Links (all)" report, filtered on:                                        

(Occurrence) Type: "Y Abduction Warning Notice (Management Occurrence)".

Chart Builder populated and data exported.                                    

Data after 29/12/2025 removed.  

Limitations/Caveats:

This data is only available from 15 November 2022, when the Force changed their Records Management System to Niche.                                                   

There is no data recorded before January 2023.                                                                                           

The total number of child abduction warning notices issued by the force for
each year after November 2022