A total of 1589 under-16s were reported missing in Edinburgh during 2011 a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

The Scotsman report: 

FOUR children are reported missing each day in the Capital, putting a huge strain on police who spend thousands of hours a year hunting them.

A total of 1589 under-16s were reported missing during 2011, although all of them were later found safe and well.

Police chiefs said that all cases were treated with the “utmost seriousness”.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.