Statistical Tables for UK Missing Persons Data Report, 2019/2020
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OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Statistical Tables for UK Missing Persons Data Report, 2019/2020 Website: missingpersons.police.uk Contact email: [email protected] Time series data of missing related reports in England and Wales Table A1: Number of missing related calls recorded by UK police forces, 2015-2020 Table A2: Number of missing incidents recorded by UK police forces, 2015-2020 Definitions Table A3: Number of missing individuals recorded by UK police forces, 2015-2020 Child = anyone under the age of 18 (at the time they went missing) High level missing figures for 2019/20 Adult = anyone aged 18 and over (at the time they went missing) Table B1: Number of missing-related calls recorded by UK police forces in 2019/20 Missing = "Anyone whose whereabouts cannot be established and Table B2: Number of missing incidents and individuals recorded by UK police forces in 2019/20 where the circumstances are out of character or the context suggests the person may be subject of crime or at risk of harm to Demographic breakdown for 2019/20 themselves or another" Absent = "A person not at a place where they are expected or Table C1: Gender distribution of missing incidents by UK police forces, 2019/20 required to be and there is no apparent risk" Table C2: Age distribution of missing incidents by UK police forces, 2019/20 Table C3: Ethnicity distribution of missing incidents by police forces, 2019/20 Calls = Telephone calls to the police relating to a missing or absent Table C4: Age and gender distribution of missing incidents in the UK, 2019/20 person, recorded on a command and control system. Multiple calls may Table C5: Ethnicity and gender distribution of missing incidents, 2019/20 relate to a single incident, or a call may relate to multiple different incidents/individuals. Assessment of missing incidents 2019/20 Incidents = A single episode of someone being reported as missing Table D1: Distribution of incidents by risk level and UK police forces, 2019/20 or absent, which is recorded on a missing persons system. Multiple Table D2: Distribution of incidents by age, gender and risk levels, 2019/20 incidents can be attributable to a single individual, and some incidents Table D3: Distribution of incidents by vulnerability, gender and police force, 2019/20 may involve more than one individual. Table D4: Distribution of the number of incidents by age, gender and vulnerability, 2019/20 Table D5: Distribution of incidents with mental health by age, gender and police force, 2019/20 Resolution of missing incidents for 2019/20 Table E1: Missing incidents resulting in harm Table E2: Nature of harm suffered whilst missing Table E3: Number of fatal outcomes Table E4: Duration of missing incidents Table E5: Who finds missing people (incidents) Table E6: Reasons for missing incidents - As percentage of all incidents Table E7: Reasons for missing incidents by age group Table E8: Reasons for missing incidents by age and theme Table E9: Distribution of long term missing individuals by police forces, 2019/20 Incidents involving those in care Table F1: Missing from care Unidentified cases Table G1: Unidentified cases notified to UK Missing Persons Unit, 2019/20 Table G2: Outstanding Unidentified Cases Systems in operation Table H1: Command and Control and Missing Persons Systems used by UK police forces in 2019/20 OFFICIAL 1 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Table A1: Number of missing related calls recorded by UK police forces, 2015-2020 Numbers Numbers Percentages 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Difference: 2019/20 - 2018/19 England and Wales 337,640 387,930 405,798 382,960 359,240 -23,720 -6.2 Avon and Somerset 10,110 10,650 10,163 7,329 6,650 -679 -9.3 Bedfordshire 3,965 4,396 6,125 4,039 5,386 1,347 33.3 Cambridgeshire 3,169 3,650 2,633 3,131 4,531 1,400 44.7 Cheshire 6,162 5,746 6,414 5,862 5,932 70 1.2 City of London 139 145 111 52 76 24 46.2 Cleveland 5,188 5,072 4,939 5,090 5,734 644 12.7 Cumbria 2,440 2,728 2,749 3,496 3,174 -322 -9.2 Derbyshire 5,979 4,730 5,109 5,508 5,504 -4 -0.1 Devon and Cornwall 7,334 11,972 13,501 11,389 9,695 -1,694 -14.9 Dorset x 4,403 5,249 5,903 6,531 628 10.6 Durham 3,079 3,786 1,652 1,601 4,126 2,525 157.7 Dyfed-Powys 3,276 3,006 2,751 3,109 3,034 -75 -2.4 Essex 6,116 7,648 7,919 8,631 8,039 -592 -6.9 Gloucestershire 2,280 3,034 2,354 2,730 3,228 498 18.2 Greater Manchester 1 28,787 31,663 35,007 32,542 35,096 2,554 7.8 Gwent 4,978 5,131 5,987 5,987 5,987 0 0.0 Hampshire 12,078 13,594 13,865 14,513 11,828 -2,685 -18.5 Hertfordshire 3,928 5,821 4,790 4,737 4,343 -394 -8.3 Humberside 4,885 5,353 5,667 5,608 6,315 707 12.6 Kent 9,826 9,951 13,161 11,512 13,472 1,960 17.0 Lancashire 9,173 12,084 13,674 11,229 12,797 1,568 14.0 Leicestershire 4,513 5,374 5,563 6,133 6,064 -69 -1.1 Lincolnshire 3,461 3,838 3,532 3,641 3,318 -323 -8.9 Merseyside 9,898 11,694 10,451 9,163 7,822 -1,341 -14.6 Metropolitan 52,834 60,902 75,455 65,567 55,966 -9,601 -14.6 Norfolk 3,243 4,801 3,182 3,480 3,733 253 7.3 North Wales 3,845 3,824 2,739 3,477 2,933 -544 -15.6 North Yorkshire 3,482 3,741 3,215 2,627 2,430 -197 -7.5 Northamptonshire 2,834 2,831 2,831 3,441 3,804 363 10.5 Northumbria 14,545 14,380 13,380 13,774 13,833 59 0.4 Nottinghamshire 5,388 6,370 7,040 6,635 3,241 -3,394 -51.2 South Wales 7,066 8,523 8,206 10,276 8,878 -1,398 -13.6 South Yorkshire 1 7,641 7,115 9,497 8,592 8,049 -543 -6.3 Staffordshire 5,002 5,155 5,312 5,421 4,077 -1,344 -24.8 Suffolk 3,310 4,538 4,513 3,500 3,156 -344 -9.8 Surrey 3,452 4,900 5,681 5,061 4,177 -884 -17.5 Sussex 14,092 16,481 9,641 11,392 12,858 1,466 12.9 Thames Valley 13,258 14,013 13,818 12,713 12,901 188 1.5 Warwickshire and West Mercia 7,139 8,247 8,278 8,404 7,678 -726 -8.6 West Midlands 1 19,682 22,234 25,266 24,205 15,158 -9,047 -37.4 West Yorkshire 16,344 21,078 21,266 18,348 15,498 -2,850 -15.5 Wiltshire 3,719 3,619 3,112 3,112 2,188 -924 -29.7 Northern Ireland 12189 12,821 11,999 10,761 11,326 565 5.3 Scotland 1 40,070 21,989 22,966 21,338 28,534 7,196 33.7 1. 2019/20 Closing Calls unavailable: total number of incidents reported used as an estimate. = Not applicable. x = Not available. OFFICIAL 2 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Table A2: Number of missing incidents recorded by UK police forces, 2015-2020 Children Adults Numbers Numbers Percentages Numbers Numbers Percentages Difference 2019/20 - 1 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 1 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Difference 2019/20 - 2018/19 2018/19 England and Wales 147,914 212,076 209,959 199,634 198,943 -691 -0.3 94,403 115,659 118,759 119,910 126,228 6,318 5.3 Avon and Somerset 2 3,695 3,976 4,254 3,979 3,744 -235 -5.9 3,223 3,780 3,770 3,082 2,738 -344 -11.2 Bedfordshire 3 643 3,459 3,012 2,936 2,405 -531 -18.1 433 934 1,096 1,103 1,148 45 4.1 Cambridgeshire 1,427 1,558 1,749 1,907 2,242 335 17.6 610 674 884 1,224 1,480 256 20.9 Cheshire 2,743 4,211 4,517 4,124 4,110 -14 -0.3 1,087 1,532 1,891 1,735 1,820 85 4.9 City of London 11 18 7 7 9 2 28.6 60 89 100 45 45 0 0.0 Cleveland 2,793 3,856 3,712 3,652 3,871 219 6.0 1,092 1,216 1,226 1,323 1,606 283 21.4 Cumbria 1,552 1,951 1,959 2,166 2,081 -85 -3.9 891 1,144 1,237 1,330 1,437 107 8.0 Derbyshire 1,281 1,192 1,253 2,143 2,817 674 31.5 663 525 557 1,155 1,410 255 22.1 Devon and Cornwall 3,248 6,221 6,141 5,147 4,443 -704 -13.7 3,028 3,591 3,734 3,964 3,387 -577 -14.6 Dorset 4 x 1,896 2,959 3,380 3,819 439 13.0 x 1,116 2,502 2,791 2,889 98 3.5 Durham 2 761 1,104 1,134 1,033 2,794 1,761 170.5 344 501 518 567 1,332 765 134.9 Dyfed-Powys 2 1,856 1,725 1,193 1,349 1,213 -136 -10.1 1,090 1,317 1,162 1,217 1,207 -10 -0.8 Essex 3,167 5,083 5,084 5,713 5,107 -606 -10.6 2,303 2,771 2,848 3,430 3,059 -371 -10.8 Gloucestershire 976 1,396 1,415 1,872 2,069 197 10.5 916 1,175 1,094 1,232 1,393 161 13.1 Greater Manchester 16,457 19,011 17,614 16,319 15,832 -487 -3.0 10,259 14,343 14,530 15,486 19,143 3,657 23.6 Gwent 3,559 2,981 3,882 3,744 3,328 -416 -11.1 475 699 875 831 1,014 183 22.0 Hampshire 2 5,210 7,298 7,666 6,257 5,674 -583 -9.3 2,539 3,119 3,237 2,952 3,244 292 9.9 Hertfordshire 2,136 2,550 3,155 2,784 2,668 -116 -4.2 1,583 1,982 1,988 2,283 1,795 -488 -21.4 Humberside 2,726 4,035 4,471 4,397 5,000 603 13.7 956 1,226 1,048 1,253 1,731 478 38.1 Kent 6,883 7,088 8,490 7,916 8,269 353 4.5 2,592 2,863 3,301 3,347 3,714 367 11.0 Lancashire 2 4,405 7,908 7,106 7,582 3,818 -3,764 -49.6 1,850 2,572 2,382 2,844 1,823 -1,021 -35.9 Leicestershire 1,946 2,780 2,649 3,175 3,132 -43 -1.4 1,106 1,416 1,575 1,881 1,732 -149 -7.9 Lincolnshire 2, 5 438 2,342 2,195 674 1,541 867 128.6 366 1,187 1,337 629 1,316 687 109.2 Merseyside 5,663 8,556 8,522 6,835 5,436 -1,399 -20.5 2,378 3,069 2,757 2,463 2,057 -406 -16.5 Metropolitan 23,944 35,036 32,695 31,617 30,273 -1,344 -4.3 22,725 21,602 21,187 17,851 21,492 3,641 20.4 Norfolk 1,158 2,153 2,512 2,415 2,818 403 16.7 1,011 1,541 1,590 1,547 1,607 60 3.9 North Wales 2 1,527 1,619 1,482 2,284 1,562 -722 -31.6 868 859 755 1,193 847 -346 -29.0 North Yorkshire 1,345 3,027 2,525 1,886 1,699 -187 -9.9 590 708 674 736 723 -13 -1.8 Northamptonshire 929 2,013 1,226 1,662 2,280 618 37.2 537 694 742 1,206 1,494 288 23.9 Northumbria 4,569 5,783 5,084 4,837 5,863 1,026 21.2 2,906 3,497 3,486 3,969 4,681 712 17.9 Nottinghamshire 1,997 4,188 2,381 2,277 1,872 -405 -17.8 1,267 2,558 1,074 1,107 982 -125 -11.3 South Wales 4,371 5,659 5,606 6,223 5,247 -976 -15.7 2,695 2,864 3,268 4,044 3,528 -516 -12.8 South Yorkshire 2 4,266 5,255 6,187 5,362 4,875 -487 -9.1 2,402 2,886 3,285 3,230 3,151 -79 -2.4 Staffordshire 2,590 3,692 3,672 3,203 2,530 -673 -21.0 1,058 1,165 1,535