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<p>This information is held with individual police forces. The National Crime Agency
publishes annual statistics on Missing Persons which includes missing children <a
href="http://missingpersons.police.uk/" target="_blank">http://missingpersons.police.uk</a>.</p><p>The
last published report shows that in 2011/12 there were around 313,000 missing persons
incidents. This report also finds that 64% of missing</p><p>incidents involved cases
of missing children.</p><p>Data within this report shows that the majority (70%) of
missing people return or are located within 16 hours with only 2% missing for longer
than a week.</p><p> </p>
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