Nationally, the scale of missing-child cases is significant. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children supported 32,167 missing children cases across the country in 2025, with runaway incid

Nationally, the scale of missing-child cases is significant. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children supported 32,167 missing children cases across the country in 2025, with runaway incidents accounting for 92% of all reports the organization received that year, according to NCMEC. Of those cases, approximately 90% — 29,013 in total — were successfully resolved and recovered, the orga