November 12, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Missing Person
Request Number: FOI/16040
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics - Missing Person
Subject: Missing Children
Request and Answer:
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does hold information to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.
Question 1
How many individual children (those aged 0 – 17) were reported missing in your policing area?
Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024.
Answer 1
PSNI can confirm that there were 939 reports of missing children in this timeframe.
Question 2
How many missing incidents were reported in relation to those missing children (those aged 0 – 17)?
Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024.
Answer 2
2638 incidents were reported in relation to those missing children.