Regardless of a person’s age, education, gender or ethnicity, anyone can go missing. The reasons for this could include domestic violence, mental illness, addiction, misadventure, being a victim of a crime and even choosing to go missing to avoid personal issues, such as a family conflict. Before 2018, more females went missing than males. In… Read More »Once, women were more likely to go missing. Now it’s men. Why?
Since 1970, the amount of people who go long-term missing in London has increased each decade and alarmingly, between 2010 and 2020, a record 46 people went long-term missing in the nation’s capital. But are these statistics reflective of a genuine crisis? “Long-term missing” is defined as anyone who has been missing for 12 months… Read More »Is there a missing persons crisis in London?
Every year, there are thousands of missing persons incidents in London, with the number recently peaking at over 50,000 incidents in 2018. In amongst these incidents are people of all different ages, ethnicities and backgrounds, and each case has a different cause and outcome. Below are the numbers behind London’s missing people, from the 30,000… Read More »London’s missing: every number tells a story