America's crime record
Missing person entries
498,038
entries, 2025 · Down 6.7% from 2024
Rate 145.7, about 1 in 690 residents
Timeline
Missing person records police entered into the FBI's NCIC system.
Source and method
One person can be entered more than once.
FBI National Crime Information Center · Calendar year · 1990 to 2025
Breakdown
Entries by entry category, 2025
| Juvenile | 61%305,339 | 305,339 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endangered | 8%40,196 | 40,196 | |
| Disability | 6%27,972 | 27,972 | |
| Involuntary | 1%6,220 | 6,220 | |
| Catastrophe victim | <1%449 | 449 | |
| Other | 24%117,862 | 117,862 |
All 498,038 entries in 2025.
FBI National Crime Information Center
Every figure as a table
Missing person entries, entries, by year
| Year | Count | Rate | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 498,038 | 146 | |
| 2024 | 533,936 | 157 | |
| 2023 | 563,389 | 167 | |
| 2022 | 546,568 | 164 | |
| 2021 | 521,705 | 157 | |
| 2020 | 543,018 | 164 | |
| 2019 | 609,275 | 185 | |
| 2018 | 612,846 | 187 | |
| 2017 | 651,226 | 199 | |
| 2016 | 647,435 | 200 | |
| 2015 | 634,908 | 197 | |
| 2014 | 635,155 | 199 | |
| 2013 | 627,911 | 198 | |
| 2012 | 661,593 | 210 | |
| 2011 | 678,860 | 218 | |
| 2010 | 692,944 | 224 | |
| 2009 | 719,558 | 235 | |
| 2008 | 778,161 | 256 | |
| 2007 | 814,957 | 271 | |
| 2006 | 836,131 | 280 | |
| 2005 | 834,536 | 282 | |
| 2004 | 830,325 | 284 | |
| 2003 | 824,699 | 284 | |
| 2002 | 821,975 | 286 | |
| 2001 | 840,279 | 295 | |
| 2000 | 876,213 | 311 | |
| 1999 | 867,129 | 318 | |
| 1998 | 932,190 | 345 | |
| 1997 | 980,712 | 366 | |
| 1996 | 955,252 | 360 | |
| 1995 | 969,264 | 369 | |
| 1994 | 954,896 | 367 | |
| 1993 | 868,345 | 337 | |
| 1992 | 801,358 | 314 | |
| 1991 | 705,175 | 280 | |
| 1990 | 663,921 | 266 |
Rate: Per 100,000 U.S. residents on July 1 of the year, from the Census Bureau's estimates (1980: the April census count).
FBI National Crime Information Center · Calendar year
Missing person entries: entries per 100,000 people in each group, by race, by year
| Year | White+MENA | Black | Hispanic | AIAN | Asian+NHPI | Share with race unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | 432 | 137 | 379 | 46 | 3% |
| 2024 | 106 | 452 | 151 | 403 | 49 | 3% |
| 2023 | 117 | 481 | 149 | 425 | 52 | 3% |
| 2022 | 118 | 464 | 139 | 408 | 51 | 4% |
| 2021 | 119 | 430 | 123 | 392 | 50 | 4% |
| 2020 | 125 | 443 | 131 | 394 | 50 | 3% |
| 2019 | 139 | 502 | 149 | 431 | 60 | 3% |
| 2018 | 140 | 508 | 153 | 409 | 63 | 3% |
| 2017 | 149 | 541 | 166 | 438 | 65 | 3% |
| 2016 | 148 | 543 | 168 | 435 | 66 | 3% |
| 2015 | 145 | 540 | 169 | 410 | 67 | 3% |
The Rate view's race lines, from 2015. Each group's line is its entries per 100,000 people in the group. One person can be entered more than once. Five codes since 1977: Asian holds Pacific Islanders; no Hispanic origin. Entered by police from the report of a missing person; NCIC's reports say White includes Hispanic people. Each race is split into Hispanic and not by the share NIBRS records Hispanic within that race for the closest role, nationwide (crimedb-race-split; 2021 on, earlier years take 2021's): a model, the lighter part of each bar. Nobody's recorded race changes; only Hispanic origin, which the source left out, is placed. The victim share is the starting point.
– means no rate: a group the source does not count apart that year, or no people to divide by. People whose race is not known are in no group's rate, so each rate is a floor.
FBI National Crime Information Center; Census Bureau population estimates
Entries by entry category, 2025
| Entry category | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Juvenile | 305,339 | 61% |
| Endangered | 40,196 | 8% |
| Disability | 27,972 | 6% |
| Involuntary | 6,220 | 1% |
| Catastrophe victim | 449 | <1% |
| Other | 117,862 | 24% |
All 498,038 entries in 2025.
FBI National Crime Information Center
Entries by sex, 2025
| Sex | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 251,886 | 51% |
| Female | 246,022 | 49% |
| Unknown | 130 | 0% |
All 498,038 entries in 2025.
FBI National Crime Information Center
Entries by race, 2025
| Race | Count | Of which placed by CrimeDB | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| White+MENA | 185,035 | 185,035 | 37% |
| Black | 181,151 | 181,151 | 36% |
| Hispanic | 96,254 | 96,254 | 19% |
| Asian+NHPI | 10,792 | 10,792 | 2% |
| AIAN | 8,925 | 8,925 | 2% |
| Race unknown | 15,881 | 0 | 3% |
Hispanic is of any race; the other groups are not Hispanic. White+MENA includes Middle Eastern and North African people.
All 498,038 entries in 2025. Five codes since 1977: Asian holds Pacific Islanders; no Hispanic origin. Entered by police from the report of a missing person; NCIC's reports say White includes Hispanic people. Each race is split into Hispanic and not by the share NIBRS records Hispanic within that race for the closest role, nationwide (crimedb-race-split; 2021 on, earlier years take 2021's): a model, the lighter part of each bar. Nobody's recorded race changes; only Hispanic origin, which the source left out, is placed. The victim share is the starting point.
FBI National Crime Information Center