Missing Person Cases - Women March 2020-March 2021
Keywords
Unsolved, Women, Aged 16 to 65 Years, Missing, Person, Cases, Reports, Found, Unsolved, Open, Closed, Ethnicity.
Publication Number
PUB 1212
FOI Reference Number
15495
Request Title
Unsolved Women Missing Person Cases
Date Range
January 2021 to March 2021
Information Requested
Between the period of 01 January 2021 to 15 March 2021, how many missing person cases (specifically women ages 16-65) reported in this period, remain unsolved?
Please also provide the ethnicity and age of each case and the reason why it remains unsolved (whether an open or closed case).
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
27 April 2021
Date of Disclosure
07 May 2021
Related Documents/Links
N/A
FOI 15495 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:
Caveats:
The data is correct as at 27 April 2021.
Reported Missing Dates: 01 January 2021 to 15 March 2021 (inclusive).
Reported Found Dates: 01 January 2021 to 27 April 2021.
Women aged between 16 and 65 at the time they went missing.
There were 277 reports of missing women (187 different women), all have been found (albeit not all within 01 January 2021 to 15 March 2021 window above). Therefore, there are no unsolved cases to report.
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
The Force Information Management Board chaired by the Deputy Chief Constable has oversight of the Force wide programme of work to improve the quality of Force data. This work has identified data quality leads in all key areas of the business including the Crime and Public Protection Command. Liaison between the Force Data Quality Team and the Crime and Public Protection Command lead for data quality will identify and resolve issues through a variety of mechanisms to ensure regular and appropriate supervisory oversight.
FOI Reference Number
15942
Request Title
Unsolved Women Missing Person Cases
Date Range
March 2020 to March 2021
Information Requested
Between the period of 01 March 2020 to 31 March 2021, how many missing person cases (specifically women ages 16-65) reported in this period, remain unsolved?
Please also provide the ethnicity and age of each case.
The reason why it remains unsolved (whether an open or closed case).
Disclosure with Exemptions
Part Disclosure, Section 40(2) Personal Information Exemption.
Information Correct as at
21 July 2021
Date of Disclosure
28 July 2021
Related Documents/Links
N/A
FOI 15942 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:
Caveats:
The data is correct as at 21 July 2021.
Reported Missing Date: 01 March 2020 to 31 March 2021 inclusive.
Reported Found Date: 01 March 2020 to 20 July 2021.
Women aged 16 to 65 at the time they went missing.
"Unsolved" = Not found.
There were 1,658 reports of missing women in the period (896 different women). Of those women reported missing between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021, 1 woman has not been found and the case is still open.
No further information will be provided by virtue of the following exemption:
Section 40(2) Personal Information
Providing a further breakdown in relation to ethnicity and age may allow an individual to be identified.
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
The Force Information Management Board chaired by the Deputy Chief Constable has oversight of the Force wide programme of work to improve the quality of Force data. This work has identified data quality leads in all key areas of the business including the Crime and Public Protection Command. Liaison between the Force Data Quality Team and the Crime and Public Protection Command lead for data quality will identify and resolve issues through a variety of mechanisms to ensure regular and appropriate supervisory oversight.