More than 300 children have been missing since the beginning of the year

Since the beginning of 2026, more than 300 children and teenagers have disappeared in Moscow and the Moscow region. Of these, 286 were found alive and the search for five more is ongoing. Such data was provided by the family geolocation service to the Telegram channel “Caution, Moscow”.

The capital region accounted for 10.4% of all cases of disappearance of minors in Russia. At the same time, the share of deaths among the missing here was higher than the all-Russian: 3% against 2.1%. In total, nine children died in Moscow and the region - this is every sixth case of the death of a missing minor in the country.

The service also calculated where children most often pressed the alarming SOS button in the app. From January 1 to October 29, 26.8 thousand such signals were registered in the Moscow region, another 19.3 thousand in Moscow. In total, this is about 18% of all clicks in the country. The service explained that the statistics are influenced by a large number of children using the application in the capital region.

Most often, the SOS signal came from Sheremetyevo airport - 252 children pressed the alarm button there during the year. In Vnukovo and Domodedovo recorded six such cases. Other places where the signals came from were the Khimki Forest and the Columbus shopping center, where 24 and 12 children pressed the button, respectively.