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Missing Person Statistics

Missing Person Statistics 

 

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026 YTD*

Missing Person Reports

10,519

11,891

11,902

11,891

10,141

Persons Reported Missing

4,260

4,590

4,095

4,178

3,456

Persons Still Missing

25

31

46

45

107

All information contained in this response is based upon operational data from the PULSE system as was available at 03:00am on 01/10/2026 and is liable to change.

Figures are based on valid Missing Person incidents reported on dates between 01/01/2021 and 30/09/2026.

Missing Person Reports is a count of missing person incidents recorded on PULSE.

Persons Reported Missing is a count of the unique number of persons reported missing. A person is only counted once regardless of the number of missing person reports relating to them each year.

Persons Still Missing is a count of the number of unique persons each year whose status is still recorded as “Missing” in relation to an incident reported in that year.