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missing_children_england_2020_21_visualisations

Data visualisations of the NCA stats for missing children in England 2020 to 2021

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution. Feel free to share, copy, and build on this code and data as long as you cite this source.

Programming Language

Python

Code Files and Data Flow

There are 2 Google Colab notebooks (and equivalent .py files) - one for the data preparation and one for the visualisations:

Missing_Children_England_2020_2021_DATA_PREP.ipynb (missing_children_england_2020_2021_data_prep.py)
- Inputs (see colab file for data source details):
  - table_a3.csv (NCA data - number of missing children and missing child incidents across several years)
  - table_b1.csv (NCA data - area population per police force, calls recorded and rate per 1000)
  - table_c2.csv (NCA data - age group percentage distribution)
  - table_f1.csv (NCA data - stats for children in care and children not in care)
  - child_residential_care _31_mar_2021.csv (Ofsted data - children's homes per area)
  - la_to_pf_areas.csv (ONS data - local authority mapping to police force)
- Outputs:
  - all_force_data.csv (row per police force with various missing children stats in columns)
  - childrens_homes_mapped_to_forces.csv (row per children's home details mapped to police force)
Missing_Children_England_2020_2021_VISUALISATIONS.ipynb (missing_children_england_2020_2021_visualisations.py)
- Inputs:
  - all_force_data.csv (row per police force with various missing children stats in columns)
  - childrens_homes_mapped_to_forces.csv (row per children's home details mapped to police force)
- Outputs:
  - care_summary.csv
  - Recorded Missing Children in England 2015_16 to 2020_21.png
  - Number of Children Recorded Missing.png
  - Change Since Previous Year.png
  - Age group distribution.png
  - Number childrens home places.png
  - Childrens home sector distribution.png
  - Private childrens home providers.png
  - Care Summary Heatmaps.png