Missing People Website
Call Missing People on 0500 700 700. 24 hour confidential Freefone service.
- help for friends & family:
- how we can help if a person has gone missing
- family tracing
- the next steps
- other sources of help
- reporting a case to the police
- what friends and families can do online
Family tracing
When a person may not be at risk, but where there has been a breakdown in family relationships and you are no longer able to contact the missing person:
Missing People may be able to help trace your missing person if:
- You know the full name and date of birth of the missing person.
- You are a direct relative of the missing person
- You and the missing person are over 18 years old
- The missing person was last seen within 5 years
- The missing person is in the UK
If you are looking for someone but don't think we will be able to help you, we can always advise on other organisations that can help you.
How do we trace missing people?
We make enquiries via our confidential contacts. The contacts we use, including, for example certain government agencies, do not disclose the address of the missing person to us, but can inform us if they hold what they believe to be a current address for the missing person and will agree to forward a letter on our behalf. The letters we send ask the missing person to contact us, in confidence, so we can help them work out what they would like to do next. We do not disclose any of the missing person's details without their permission, and likewise we would not disclose any of your details without your prior consent
For more information on our confidentiality policy please email mailto:services@missingpeople.org
If you would like to report someone missing, please fill out our report form.
