Missing person reports 974/2022
FOI Reference: 974/2022
Request:
- How many individual people were reported missing to your force between April 1st 2021 – March 31st 2022? Please provide the numbers for children and adults separately.
- How many total missing incidents were reported to your force between April 1st 2021 – March 31st 2022? Please provide the numbers for children and adults separately.
- Please provide a breakdown of the number of incidents that were assessed as high risk, medium risk, low risk, and absent (no apparent risk) between April 1st 2021 – March 31st We are looking for this data for both children and adults.
- How many missing incidents resulted in a fatality between April 1st 2021 – March 31st 2022? Please provide the numbers for children and adults separately.
b.Please could you share the causes of death in those fatal cases. If it is not possible to provide this information within the limitations on Freedom of Information requests, please disregard this questions and answer only those above.
- How many individual people were reported missing to your force between April 1st 2022 – September 30th 2022? Please provide the numbers for children and adults separately.
- How many total missing incidents were reported to your force between April 1st 2022 – September 30th 2022? Please provide the numbers for children and adults separately.
- Please provide a breakdown of the number of incidents that were assessed as high risk, medium risk, low risk, and absent (no apparent risk) between April 1st 2022 – September 30th We are looking for this data for both children and adults.
- How many missing incidents resulted in a fatality between April 1st 2022 – September 30th 2022? Please provide the numbers for children and adults separately.
b. Please could you share the causes of death in those fatal cases. If it is not possible to provide this information within the limitations on Freedom of Information requests, please disregard this questions and answer only those above.
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Number of individuals reported missing to your force between April 1st 2021 – March 31st 2022:
Adults – 907
Children – 563
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Total number of missing incidents reported to your force between April 1st 2021 – March 31st 2022:
Adult cases – 1125
Child cases – 1062
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Please note: The below figures do not correlate with the figures provided in relation to question 2, this is due to the fact that not all missing episodes have been given a grading on the systems utilised.
|
Risk |
Adults |
Children |
|
High |
197 |
56 |
|
Medium |
391 |
606 |
|
Low |
188 |
58 |
|
NAR |
26 |
23 |
Response 4:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Number of missing incidents that resulted in a fatality between April 1st 2021 – March 31st 2022:
Adults – 11
Children – 0
4b - Cause of death:
Unexplained death x 9
Not known x 2
Response 5:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Number of individuals that were reported missing to your force between April 1st 2022 – September 30th 2022:
Adults – 492
Children – 343
Response 6:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Total number of missing incidents reported to your force between April 1st 2022 – September 30th 2022:
Adults – 589
Children – 676
Response 7:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Please note: The below figures do not correlate with the figures provided in relation to question 6, this is due to the fact that not all missing episodes have been given a grading on the systems utilised.
|
Risk |
Adults |
Children |
|
High |
123 |
22 |
|
Medium |
203 |
436 |
|
Low |
95 |
27 |
|
NAR |
14 |
7 |
Response 8:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Number of missing incidents that resulted in a fatality between April 1st 2022 – September 30th 2022
Adults – 9
Children – 0
Unexplained death x 7
Not known x 2
It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 29/11/23)