Missing Persons
(asked on 11th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been reported missing for more than (a) one, (b) six and (c) twelve months.
This question was answered on 19th September 2023
The United Kingdom Missing Persons Unit collates annual data from police forces and produces an Annual Missing Persons Data (AMPD) report which includes the most accurate figures held nationally on missing persons.
The latest AMPD report includes the following figures for England and Wales for the financial year 2021/22.
- Number of people still missing after 28 days: 1051
- Number of people still missing after 11 months: 937
Number of long term missing persons: 4521