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Missing People - 1058/19

Date Responded 17 September 2019

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

How many cases of missing people were recorded between 2009 - 2019?

If the data does not stretch back that far, please share results from when they are available. Please break down the figures that lists results by month and year.

In Response:

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

It should be noted that the below contains the figures for all missing people, which includes those categorised as “absent” also.

 

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Jan

427

459

525

630

522

547

622

576

698

634

658

Feb

412

485

534

558

421

538

647

614

653

608

671

Mar

462

588

630

655

473

566

750

682

861

670

744

Apr

437

643

609

491

471

602

772

691

744

653

775

May

472

654

678

687

490

714

794

794

786

817

874

Jun

518

621

790

629

498

767

793

787

847

807

828

Jul

524

633

686

632

585

752

684

904

783

825

795

Aug

492

524

556

643

539

743

667

794

765

825

 

Sep

490

509

613

625

585

774

675

885

718

767

 

Oct

471

550

582

532

578

842

726

848

761

764

 

Nov

487

533

571

470

593

687

633

756

661

635

 

Dec

382

429

554

435

517

640

592

614

596

640

 

Total

5,574

6,628

7,328

6,987

6,272

8,172

8,355

8,945

8,873

8,645

 
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