FOI 268511

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 268511

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 4^th August 2023. Please find below the response to your request:

How many missing persons incidents were recorded by the force between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023, broken down by the 19 official Census 2021 ethnic group classifications for the persons reported as missing?

Please provide the data on missing persons incidents for 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 and for 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 using the older ethnicity classifications that forces previously used to report to the National Crime Agency UK Missing Persons Unit.

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Table 1

Large ethnic group	Ethnic group	Missing person incidents 2022/23 (total)
Asian or Asian British	Bangladeshi	1
Asian or Asian British	Chinese	1
Asian or Asian British	Indian	24
Asian or Asian British	Pakistani	26
Asian or Asian British	Any other Asian background	31
Asian or Asian British	Total Asian or Asian British	83
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African	Black African	22
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African	Black Caribbean	14
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African	Any other Black, Black British or Caribbean background	23
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African	Total Black, Black British, Caribbean or African	59
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	Mixed White and Asian	14
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	Mixed White and Black African	6
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	Mixed White and Black Caribbean	41
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	Any other Mixed or multiple ethnic background	47
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	Total Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	108
White	White English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British	1916
White	White Irish	6
White	Gypsy Or Irish Traveller	1
White	Roma	0
White	Any other White background	124
White	Total White	2047
Other ethnic group	Arab	2
Other ethnic group	Any Other	0
Other ethnic group	Total Other ethnic group	2
Unknown	Unknown	467


Table 2


Ethnicity	Missing person incidents 2021-22 (total)	Missing person incidents 2022-23 (total)	Notes
White - North European	2293	2058
White - South European	13	17
Black	74	66
Asian	64	71
Chinese, Japanese & SE Asian	4	1
Middle Eastern	5	4
Other/unknown	583	549
Total	3036	2766

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