Missing Person Ethnicity
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004278/G
Version Date: 25/02/2026
For the period 1 January 2021 to 1 January 2026, please provide:
The total number of individuals reported missing and recorded by your force.
A breakdown of these missing persons by ethnicity, using the standard ethnicity categories recorded by the Missing Persons Unit (or the closest equivalent ie. any data held by your force).
Please provide the data: Broken down by calendar year (with January 2026 listed separately if annual totals are not yet finalised) In tabular format (CSV or Excel preferred)
Where ethnicity is not recorded for all cases, please also include: The number of cases where ethnicity was recorded as “unknown”, “not stated”, or equivalent.
I am content to receive aggregated data only and am not requesting any personally identifiable information.
[If this is seen to exceed the given time limit, please prioritise data between 2023-2026 (present date)]
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Searches were completed in Niche for occurrences with missing person reports attached.
Please note that if an individual has been reported missing multiple times, they will be counted for each time a report is created.
|
Self-Defined Race |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 (01/01/2026) |
Total |
|
A1. Asian Indian inc Asian British |
3 |
13 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
30 |
|
A2. Asian Pakistani inc Asian British |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
A3. Asian Bangladeshi inc Asian British |
2 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
A4. Asian Chinese inc Asian British |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
A9. Any other Asian background |
11 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
33 |
|
B1. Black Caribbean inc Black British |
6 |
19 |
1 |
6 |
24 |
0 |
56 |
|
B2. Black African inc Black British |
15 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
35 |
|
B9. Any other Black background |
114 |
102 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
227 |
|
Blank |
1018 |
1377 |
1710 |
1065 |
815 |
2 |
5987 |
|
M1. Mixed White & Black Caribbean |
72 |
69 |
38 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
192 |
|
M2. Mixed White & Black African |
19 |
9 |
10 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
48 |
|
M3. Mixed White & Asian |
3 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
16 |
0 |
31 |
|
M9. Any other mixed |
74 |
64 |
22 |
12 |
14 |
0 |
186 |
|
NS. Not stated |
673 |
896 |
630 |
568 |
838 |
3 |
3608 |
|
O2. Arab |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
|
O9. Any other |
12 |
6 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
40 |
|
W1. White British |
3252 |
2812 |
1828 |
1066 |
1044 |
3 |
10005 |
|
W2. White Irish |
21 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
42 |
|
W3. White Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
63 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
76 |
|
W4. White Roma |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
W9. Any other white background |
126 |
83 |
45 |
18 |
26 |
0 |
298 |
|
Total |
5489 |
5495 |
4335 |
2772 |
2819 |
8 |
20918 |