Last year in West Yorkshire just over 9,500 people were involved in over 20,000 missing occurrences, with over 60% of reports involving children or young people
With a total of 5,263 adults and 4,172 children involved in missing events between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017 (75 had no age recorded) the statistics show that someone was reported missing once every 55 minutes that year.
A child was reported missing approximately once every 2 hours 6 minutes.
West Yorkshire Police are releasing the statistics alongside key partners the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson, the NSPCC, the Missing People charity and all five Local Safeguarding Children Boards to mark International Missing Children's Day on 25 May.
The nine organisations are joining together with the aim of encouraging young people to seek help and support as an alternative to going missing.
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