In 2024, the number of missing person files in the United States equaled 533,936 cases, an increase from 2021 which had the lowest number of missing person files in the U.S. since 1990.

N.America = 0, S.America = 1, Europe = 2, Africa = 3, Asia = 4, Oceania = 5 Male = 0, Female = 1 White = 0, Black = 1, Asian = 2, Hispanic = 3, Native (American, Aboriginal, etc.) = 4

Findability ~ Continent, Age, Year Missing, Gender, Race

In 2024, there were 301,623 cases filed by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) where the race of the reported missing person was white. In the same year, 17,097 people whose race was unknown were also reported missing in the United States. What is the NCIC? The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is a digital database that stores crime data for the United States, so criminal justice agencies can access it. As a part of the FBI, it helps criminal justice professionals find criminals, missing people, stolen property, and terrorists. The NCIC database is broken down into 21 files. Seven files belong to stolen property and items, and 14 belong to persons, including the National Sex Offender Register, Missing Person, and Identify Theft. It works alongside federal, tribal, state, and local agencies. The NCIC’s goal is to maintain a centralized information system between local branches and offices, so information is easily accessible nationwide. Missing people in the United States A person is considered missing when they have disappeared and their location is unknown. A person who is considered missing might have left voluntarily, but that is not always the case. The number of the NCIC unidentified person files in the United States has fluctuated since 1990, and in 2022, there were slightly more NCIC missing person files for males as compared to females. Fortunately, the number of NCIC missing person files has been mostly decreasing since 1998.

While the fear of being kidnapped may persist for one’s entire life, the number of missing persons under the age of 21 was much higher than those 21 and over in the United States in 2024. In that year, there were 198,686 females under the age of 21 who were reported missing in the U.S., compared to only 63,584 females over the age of 21. Why people go missing There are many reasons why people go missing; some are kidnapped, some purposefully go missing - in order to escape abuse, for example - and some, usually children, are runaways. What persists in the imagination when thinking of missing persons, however, are kidnapping victims, usually due to extensive media coverage of child kidnappings by the media. Demographics of missing persons While the number of missing persons in the United States fluctuates, in 2021, this number was at its lowest since 1990. Additionally, while it has been observed that there is more media coverage in the United States of white missing persons, almost half of the missing persons cases in 2022 were of minorities.

The dataset contains the state-wise number of persons reported missing in a particular year, the total number of persons missing including those from previous years, the number of persons recovered/traced and those unrecovered/untraced. The dataset also contains the percentage recovery of missing persons which is calculated as the percentage share of total number of persons traced over the total number of persons missing. NCRB started providing detailed data on missing & traced persons including children from 2016 onwards following the Supreme Court’s direction in a Writ Petition. It should also be noted that the data published by NCRB is restricted to those cases where FIRs have been registered by the police in respective States/UTs.

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As of January 2025, Florida had the highest number of resolved missing persons cases in the United States, at ******. In comparison, California had the most open missing persons cases throughout the country, at *****.

The Missing Person Information Clearinghouse was established July 1, 1985, within the Department of Public Safety providing a program for compiling, coordinating and disseminating information in relation to missing persons and unidentified body/persons. Housed within the Division of Criminal Investigation, the clearinghouse assists in helping to locate missing persons through public awareness and cooperation, and in educating law enforcement officers and the general public about missing person issues.

The dataset contains the age-group wise and gender-wise number of persons reported missing in a particular year, total number of persons missing including those from previous years, number of persons recovered/traced and those unrecovered/untraced. The dataset also contains the percentage recovery of missing persons which is calculated as the percentage share of total number of persons traced over the total number of persons missing. NCRB started providing detailed data on missing & traced persons including children from 2016 onwards following the Supreme Court’s direction in a Writ Petition. It should also be noted that the data published by NCRB is restricted to those cases where FIRs have been registered by the police in respective States/UTs.

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Missing persons

Number of homicide victims, by Indigenous identity (total, by Indigenous identity; Indigenous identity; First Nations (North American Indian); Métis; Inuk (Inuit); Indigenous person, Indigenous group unknown; non-Indigenous identity; unknown Indigenous identity) and missing person status (total, by missing person status; missing; not missing; missing person status unknown), Canada, 2015 to 2024.

From January to September of the 114th year, the number of missing persons was 18,169, a decrease of 522 (-2.79%) compared to the same period last year. The most common reasons for disappearance were "runaway from home" with 7,988 people (43.96%) and "missing due to dementia" with 1,539 people (8.47%).

This is a basic web map for showing the Yosemite Search and Rescue missing person dataset that shows the initial planning point, point found, and direct line path between the two.For more information, please Jared Doke's MS Thesis: Analysis of Search Incidents and Lost Person Behavior in Yosemite National Park.Study of wilderness search and rescue (WiSAR) incidents suggests a dependency on demographics as well as physical geography in relation to decisions made before/after becoming lost and subsequent locations in which subjects are found. Thus an understanding of the complex relationship between demographics and physical geography could enhance the responders’ ability to locate the subject in a timely manner. Various global datasets have been organized to provide general distance and feature based geostatistical methods for describing this relationship. However, there is some question as to the applicability of these generalized datasets to local incidents that are dominated by a specific physical geography. This study consists of two primary objectives related to the allocation of geographic probability intended to manage the overall size of the search area. The first objective considers the applicability of a global dataset of lost person incidents to a localized environment with limited geographic diversity. This is followed by a comparison between a commonly used Euclidean distance statistic and an alternative travel-cost model that accounts for the influence of anthropogenic and landscape features on subject mobility and travel time. In both instances, lost person incident data from years 2000 to 2010 for Yosemite National Park is used and compared to a large pool of internationally compiled cases consisting of similar subject profiles.

In 2024, there were ******* cases filed by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) under the category of juvenile, meaning the reported missing person was under 18 years old, had not been declared emancipated, and does not meet any other category criteria - the most commonly utilized category in missing person files in the United States. Of the total number of juvenile missing persons files, ******* identified as white while ******* were Black.

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This dataset has been so far the most detailed find ever, with over 17k missing persons from all over the world.

The four columns are as below: Name provides information on the individual's name (if available) or NamUs case number. Description gives the available description of the case. Lat is the Latitude of the actual location of the body found or the person last seen. Long is the Longitude of the actual location of the body found or the person last seen.

Original source: Bugmaster's clean data

The purpose of the study was to provide information about law enforcement agencies' handling of missing child cases, including the rates of closure for these cases, agencies' initial investigative procedures for handling such reports, and obstacles to investigation. Case types identified include runaway, parental abduction, stranger abduction, and missing for unknown reasons. Other key variables provide information about the existence and types of policies within law enforcement agencies regarding missing child reports, such as a waiting period and classification of cases. The data also contain information about the cooperation of and use of the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).

Note: These statistics are published as Official Statistics. Users should be cautious making comparisons between local authorities, or across years due to changing reporting practices - see the methodology document for further information. Children looked after who were missing. Figures by duration of missing periods, placement from which the child went missing and age of child at start of missing incident. Data formerly in table G1.

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of Quad Cities Missing Persons Network

Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has defined missing child as 'a person below eighteen years of age, whose whereabouts are not known to the parents, legal guardians and any other persons who may be legally entrusted with the custody of the child, whatever may be the circumstances/causes of disappearance”. The dataset contains the state wise and gender-wise number of children reported missing in a particular year, total number of persons missing including those from previous years, number of persons recovered/traced and those unrecovered/untraced. The dataset also contains the percentage recovery of missing persons which is calculated as the percentage share of total number of persons traced over the total number of persons missing. NCRB started providing detailed data on missing & traced persons including children from 2016 onwards following the Supreme Court’s direction in a Writ Petition. It should also be noted that the data published by NCRB is restricted to those cases where FIRs have been registered by the police in respective States/UTs.

Provide missing person information search(excluding protected cases and families unwilling to make information public)WebService query URL https://od.moi.gov.tw/adm/missingPersonsDocumentation: https://od.moi.gov.tw/API/missperson/docs/v1