September 01, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Calls for Service (999/101/Response Times)
Request Number: FOI/15604
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics – Calls for Service
Subject: Paranormal Reports
Request and Answer:
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Request
For each calendar year 1st January 2019 - 31st December 2024:
Please advise the number of reports your force has received that have any of the following terms in their description or classification.
Please give the individual number for each term rather than grouping them together:
Ghosts
Demons
Monsters
Paranormal phenomena
Supernatural entities
Poltergeists
Apparitions
UFOs
Aliens
Other similar terms associated with paranormal or supernatural activity.
Answer
Please see below, the number of reports PSNI have received between 1st January 2019 - 31st December 2024 for each calendar year:
Ghosts - 81
Demons - 104
Monsters - 20
Paranormal Phenomena - 37
Supernatural Entities - 11
Poltergeists - 6
Apparitions - 1
UFOs - 23
Aliens - 46