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An estimated 250,000 people go missing in the UK each year.
Missing People has compiled a number of information sheets which summarise current knowledge about the issue of missing. Each document outlines key research findings in an accessible format. Further reading can be found in the references at the end of each document.
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Missing - key figures
An analysis of the key pieces of research which have attempted to profile how often people go missing in relation to gender, age, ethnicity, employment and lifestyle.
PDF 354kb
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Who goes missing?
An analysis of the key pieces of research which have attempted to profile how often people go missing in relation to gender, age, ethnicity and lifestyle.
PDF 354kb
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Missing children and young people
An analysis of the key pieces of research relating to children and young people who go missing.
PDF 97kb
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Missing adults
An exploration of how many adults go missing, why they go missing and what their experiences are whilst they are away.
PDF 302kb |
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What is missing?
An analysis of the various attempts to define what it is to be ‘missing’
PDF 357kb
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Families and missing
An exploration of the effect having a family member go missing can have on those left behind.
PDF 149kb
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Mental health and missing
An overview of the research linking the issues of mental health and missing.
PDF 123kb
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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
An analysis of how the convention relates to the rights of missing children
PDF 214kb
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Policy and Research 
