NCIC Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics for 2007
Pursuant to Public Law 101-647, 104 Statute 4967, Crime Control Act of 1990 Requirements
NCIC MISSING PERSON FILE
The National Crime Information Center’s (NCIC) Missing Person File was implemented in 1975. Records in the Missing Person File are retained indefinitely, until the individual is located or the record is canceled by the entering agency. The Missing Person File contains records for missing persons who:
• have a proven physical or mental disability (Disability—EMD),
• are missing under circumstances indicating that they may be in physical danger (Endangered—EME),
• are missing after a catastrophe (Catastrophe Victim—EMV),
• are missing under circumstances indicating their disappearance may not have been voluntary (Involuntary—EMI),
• are under the age of 21 and do not meet the above criteria (Juvenile—EMJ), or
• are 21 and older and do not meet any of the above criteria but for whom there is a reasonable concern for their safety (Other—EMO).
As of December 31, 2007, there were 105,229 active missing person records in NCIC. Juveniles under the age of 18 accounted for 54,648 (51.93%) of the records, and 12,362 (11.75%) were for juveniles between the ages of 18 and 20.*
During 2007, 814,967 missing person records were entered into NCIC, a decrease of 2.53% from the 836,131 records entered in 2006. Missing person records cleared or canceled during the same period totaled 820,212. Reasons for these removals include: the subject was located by a law enforcement agency; the individual returned home; or the record had to be removed by the entering agency due to a determination that the record was invalid.
In 2007, there were 518 records entered as Abducted by a Stranger; 299,787 entered as Runaway; and 2,919 entered as Abducted by Non-Custodial Parent. This only accounts for 303,224 entries of the 418,967 entered, or 72.4%, which is an increase from 297,632 entries of the 836,131 entered, or 35.6%, in 2006. The Missing Person Circumstances field is optional and has been available since July 1999 when the NCIC 2000 came online. This is not an accurate reflection of the actual circumstances of all the entries.
Contact Information:
The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division’s Investigative and Operational Assistance Unit ( IOAU) NCIC Team receives monthly NCIC extracts concerning the Missing and Unidentified Person Files. The Missing Person Active/Expired Analysis and the Unidentified Person Active/Expired Analysis are distributed by the IOAU to each CJIS System Officer and/or to the agency in the state that has been designated as a point of contact.
The IOAU responds to inquiries by law enforcement and media regarding NCIC Missing and Unidentified Person File statistics for all of the United States, its territories, and Canada upon request.
The monthly statistics are calculated to address the most frequently requested inquiries. Archive statistics are available upon request.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact the FBI’s IOAU NCIC Team at 304-625-3000 or
ioau@leo.gov.
*This fulfills requirements as set forth in Public Law 101-647, 104 Statute 4967, Crime Control Act of 1990 stating the Attorney General is to publish a statistical summary of reports of missing children. This act was modified on April 7, 2003, by "Suzanne's Law," which changed the age of mandatory missing person record entries from under 18 to under 21 years of age. [ref. 42 USC 5779(c)]
NCIC MISSING PERSON FILE REPORT FOR 2007
MISSING PERSON
ACTIVE ENTRIES AS OF 1/1/2008 ----105,229
TOTAL FILE TRANSACTIONS ----- 2,279,333
ENTRIES ----- 814,957
REMOVED ----- 820,212
LOCATES ---- 51,638
MODIFIES ----- 292,383
MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL ---- 254,739
QUERIED MISSING PERSON FILE ONLY ---- 42,545
QUERIED NCIC SYSTEM-WIDE BY NAME ---- 1,447,489,639
REMOVED ------------- 814,957
CANCELED SUPPLEMENTAL ------ 2,859
ENTRIES—Records entered do not include supplemental record entry messages which are used to add specific identifiers, including dental data, to a missing person record on file in NCIC.
REMOVED—Records removed are a total of the cancel, clear, and locate messages received by the NCIC computer. Excluded are counts of supplemental record cancellation messages which are used to remove specific identifiers, including dental data, from a missing person record.
LOCATES—Are transactions to remove entries when the subject has been found by an agency other than the entering agency.
MODIFIES—Modifies include base record modification messages, supplemental record entry messages, and supplemental record cancellation messages. Counts of supplemental dental entry messages and supplemental dental cancellation messages are not available.
QUERIED MISSING PERSON FILE ONLY—Records queried are when agencies inquire on a record for information purposes.
In January 1987, clears and cancels were combined on the statistical report.
NCIC MISSING PERSON (MONTHLY TOTALS) 2007
Month ------
EMJ ENTRY ------
EMJ CANCEL
JAN -------- 52,038 --------------------------- 54,418
FEB -------- 46,961 --------------------------- 47,090
MAR -------- 57,440 -------------------------- 56,484
APR --------- 55,626 ------------------------- 55,161
MAY ---------- 61,162 ------------------------ 60,296
JUN ----------- 52,123 ------------------------ 52,826
JUL ----------- 48,370 ------------------------- 49,052
AUG ---------- 46,212 ------------------------- 48,386
SEP ----------- 52,404 ------------------------ 51,367
OCT --------- 58,805 ------------------------- 59,088
NOV -------- 51,462 ------------------------- 52,509
DEC --------- 44,033 ------------------------- 43,773
COL TOT ----
626,636 ------------------
630,450
ENTRY—Number of records entered during the month.
CANCEL—Number of records canceled/cleared during the month but entered from any time period.
EMJ—Entry of a person under the age of 21 who is missing and does not meet any of the entry criteria set forth in the other categories.
Source: NCIC Active/Expired Missing Person Analysis Report
