Missing sex offenders 807/2026

FOI Reference: 807/2026

Request:

I appreciate that ViSOR is a live system and cannot be backdated. I am therefore not asking for a historic date. Please run the report on the date you process this request and simply state that date in your response.

1.  On the date this request is processed, how many registered sex offenders was your force responsible for? Please state the date on which the report was run.
2.  Of the offenders at Question 1, how many are currently recorded as wanted, circulated as missing, or otherwise of unknown whereabouts?

(For clarity, I am asking about any offender your force cannot currently locate, however that status is described on your systems. Some forces record these individuals as "wanted" on the basis that they have breached their notification requirements, rather than as "missing". Either classification, or both combined, is what I am seeking.)

3.  Of the offenders at Question 2, how many have been of unknown whereabouts for more than 12 months? Please also state the longest single period for which any individual offender has been outstanding.
4.  Of the offenders at Question 2, how many are assessed as being managed at MAPPA (i) Level 1, (ii) Level 2 and (iii) Level 3?
5.  Of the offenders at Question 2, how many are believed to have left the United Kingdom?

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Report run on 28/08/2026: 920 registered sex offenders.

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Recorded as Wanted = 4.

Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

4. Longest since January 2008.

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

4x MAPPA 1.

Response 5:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

4.

This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 04/09/2026.