FOI 1901-25 Missing persons
Request:
Where possible, can you please provide me with the following in regards to missing persons:
Number of individual adults reported missing in the last rolling twelve months.
Total number of missing “periods” reported to your force (1 adult reported as missing twice would be two “periods).
Percentage of adults who are known to have been caused harm during a missing person episode.
Percentage of adults who are known to have caused themselves harm during a missing person episode.
Percentage of these adults reported as missing who could be considered as “frequent mispers” (10+ episodes in a rolling twelve month period).
Number of individual children reported missing in the last rolling twelve months.
Total number of missing “periods” for children.
Total number of these children reported missing from care homes.
Percentage of children who have been caused harm during a missing person episode.
Percentage of children who have caused themselves harm during a missing person episode.
Percentage of these children that have been reported as missing who could be considered as “frequent mispers” (20+ episodes in a rolling twelve month period).
Total number of low risk missing persons (for each of the last 5 years)
Average length of time missing for low risk missing persons (for each of the last 5 years)
Number of low risk missing persons who have been found deceased during a missing period (for each of the last 5 years)
Total number of medium risk missing persons (for each of the last 5 years)
Average length of time missing for medium risk missing persons (for each of the last 5 years) Number of medium risk missing persons who have been found deceased during a missing period (for each of the last 5 years)
Total number of high risk missing persons (for each of the last 5 years)
Average length of time missing for high risk missing persons (for each of the last 5 years)
Number of high risk missing persons who have been found deceased during a missing period (for each of the last 5 years)
Response:
Please note, these figures do not include missing investigation cases that may have had a considerable amount of work done on them, prior to transferring them to another Force.
Freedom Of Information legislation concerns recorded information within an organisation, public bodies are not obliged to work out percentages to facilitate such requests.
06/02/24 to 07/02/25
1088
1383
172
154
4
1008
3229
228
135
45
30
24/25=64, 23/24=53, 22/23=76, 21/22=132, 20/21=167
24/25=53, 23/24=34, 22/23=56, 21/22=88, 20/21=109 (hours)
24/25=0, 23/24=1, 22/23=0, 21/22=0, 20/21=1
24/25=2868, 23/24=2235, 22/23=2514, 21/22=2141, 20/21=2088
24/25=2868, 23/24=2262, 22/23=2517, 21/22=2163, 20/21=2087 (hours)
24/25=2, 23/24=6, 22/23=0, 21/22=4, 20/21=3
24/25=1924, 23/24=1792, 22/23=1799, 21/22=1949, 20/21=1661
24/25=1922, 23/24=1795, 22/23=1797, 21/22=1946, 20/21=1660 (hours)
24/25=8, 23/24=10, 22/23=5, 21/22=8, 20/21=11
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