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Lost or stolen UK passports - table

Updated 2 October 2014
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Lost and Stolen Passports 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (Jan-Oct)
All Posts 30,300-30,404 27,657-27,768 25,979-26,103 26,009-26,129 27,648-27,792 22,459-22,623
Counter Fraud Centre N/A N/A N/A N/A 146 96
Dhaka Counter Fraud Centre N/A N/A N/A N/A 23 13
Islamabad Counter Fraud Centre N/A NA N/A N/A 38 40
Lagos Counter Fraud Centre N/A N/A N/A N/A 55 14
Nairobi Counter Fraud Centre N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 29
Eastern Europe, Central and North East Asia 1,084-1,100 1,027-1,055 1,102-1,126 1,171-1,203 677-705 381-417
Armenia 0 0 0 1-5 1-5 0
Azerbaijan 7 1-5 1-5 9 8 1-5
Belarus 1-5 0 0 1-5 1-5 1-5
China 844 800 882 969 458-462 259-263
Beijing 116 87 81 43 43 22
Chongqing 9 9 6 9 1-5 1-5
Guangzhou 46 58 67 58 40 30
Hong Kong SAR 598 568 677 800 309 162
Shanghai 75 78 51 59 65 44
Georgia 0 1-5 6 1-5 12 1-5
Japan 79-83 63-67 72 43-47 45 28-32
Osaka 1-5 1-5 12 1-5 8 1-5
Tokyo 78 62 60 42 37 27
Kazakhstan 10 11 12 11 6 1-5
Moldova 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
Mongolia 7 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
North Korea 1-5 0 0 0 0 0
Russia 78 71-75 57-61 70-74 78 38
Ekaterinburg 0 1-5 1-5 0 0 0
Moscow 63 56 46 69 61 29
St. Petersburg 15 14 10 1-5 17 9
South Korea 24 40 39 38 30 21
Taiwan 10 13 12 8 15 15
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 1-5
Turkmenistan 0 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 0
Ukraine 22 24 17 17 19 13
Uzbekistan 0 0 1-5 0 1-5 0
Latin America 1,072-1,080 1,019 833-837 691-699 657-685 554-578
Argentina 239 194 146 142 116 73
Belize 12 11 7 1-5 1-5 1-5
Bolivia 89 105 68 74 42 40
Brazil 70-78 73 63-67 72 74-82 74-78
Brasilia 1-5 0 1-5 0 1-5 1-5
Recife 0 0 0 0 1-5 0
Rio De Janeiro 68 54 31 36 33 44
Sao Paulo 1-5 19 31 36 39 29
Chile 74 61 86 58 69 49
Colombia 54 52 38 42 40-48 45-53
Bogota 54 52 38 42 38 43
Cali 0 0 0 0 1-5 1-5
Cartagena 0 0 0 0 1-5 1-5
Costa Rica 95 71 76 49 44 46
Ecuador 71 105 64 51 51 39
Guatemala 38 47 37 29 24 17
Mexico 146 94 66 37 59 62
Cancun 52 20 26 9 23 43
Mexico City 94 74 40 28 36 19
Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 1-5 0
Panama 9 10 10 1-5 17 14
Peru 135 158 145 118 112 92
Uruguay 7 6 11 9 1-5 1-5
Venezuela 33 32 16 8 6 1-5
MENA 985-989 946-954 755-783 605-625 571-591 515-535
Algeria 9 7 11 9 13 9
Bahrain 22 30 20 18 35 23
Egypt 157 168-172 66-74 108 79-83 71
Alexandria 15 10 6 9 0 0
Cairo 142 128 46 93 78 71
Hurghada 0 0 1-5 0 0 0
Luxor 0 1-5 1-5 0 0 0
Sharm El Sheikh 0 29 12 6 1-5 0
Iran 19 30 27 30 6 1-5
Iraq 33 14 1-5 23 7-11 20
Baghdad 33 14 1-5 17 6 13
Erbil 0 0 0 6 1-5 7
Israel 206 164 81 40 61 57
Jerusalem 13 1-5 21 19 22 27
Jordan 17 18 13 1-5 9 23
Kuwait 17 9 16 14 13 10
Lebanon 14 31 71 14 11 17
Libya 17 15 33 1-5 19 1-5
Morocco 71-75 74 85-93 70-78 63-67 49-57
Agadir 0 0 1-5 1-5 11 1-5
Casablanca 1-5 0 0 0 0 0
Marrakech 0 0 14 15 14 22
Rabat 62 64 69 53 37 25
Tangier 8 10 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
Oman 11 12 23 10 9 11
Qatar 22 26 26 19 25 23
Saudi Arabia 59 67 47-51 47 58 45
Al Khobar 0 11 1-5 0 0 0
Jeddah 35 36 10 35 29 34
Riyadh 24 20 36 12 29 11
Syria 6 14 14 8 1-5 0
Tunisia 29 25 31 30 23 26
United Arab Emirates 251 235 168 143 116 101
Abu Dhabi 42 37 41 25 23 7
Dubai 209 198 127 118 93 94
Yemen 12 6 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
North America and Caribbean 4,126-4,138 3,750-3,758 3,693-3,701 3,286-3,294 2,280-2,288 1,765-1,777
Antigua and Barbuda 9 0 0 0 0 0
Barbados 67 48 29 40 40 31
British Virgin Islands 0 1-5 1-5 14 0 0
Canada 609 164 224 157 209 194
Montreal 16 23 19 0 0 0
Ottawa 367 10 20 28 32 16
Toronto 137 73 110 68 84 104
Vancouver 89 58 75 61 93 74
Cayman Islands 1-5 0 0 1-5 1-5 1-5
Cuba 50 49 38 29 28 32
Dominican Republic 31 19 21 14 7 14
Grenada 1-5 0 0 0 0 0
Guyana 1-5 6 0 1-5 9 1-5
Jamaica 113 116 92 54 72 50
St Lucia 13 1-5 1-5 8 1-5 6
Trinidad and Tobago 20 11 18 17 21 12
USA 3,211 3,335 3,269 2,951 1,892 1,424-1,428
Atlanta 26 39 25 42 54 36
Boston 41 28 30 18 15 1-5
Chicago 62 52 64 74 80 74
Houston 42 72 75 99 129 78
Los Angeles 185 202 214 242 324 352
Miami 78 98 88 83 122 103
New York 381 372 388 396 452 334
Orlando 197 233 189 149 144 211
San Francisco 126 94 104 150 171 169
Washington 2,073 2,145 2,092 1,698 401 66
Northern and Western Europe 5,435-5,439 4,969-4,973 5,209-5,213 5,781-5,789 4,183-4,191 3,710-3,718
Austria 116 53 22 62 66 50
Belgium 280 211 149 169 346 220
Curacao 0 0 0 1-5 0 1-5
Czech Republic 182 166 112 134 154 129
Denmark 90 93 46 86 83 98
Estonia 18 1-5 13 19 6 13
Finland 27 32 19 41 26 16
France 1,894 2,299 2,428-2,432 2,557 1,352-1,356 1,315
Bordeaux 95 69 76 147 158 133
Lille 9 15 11 6 0 0
Lyon 51 46 45 88 1-5 0
Marseille 262 255 211 270 342 373
Paris 1,477 1,914 2,084 2,046 851 809
Strasbourg 0 0 1-5 0 0 0
Germany 1,003 944 1,227 1,218 690 514
Berlin 199 211 196 235 255 231
Dusseldorf 747 686 953 902 255 143
Hamburg 0 0 0 0 42 45
Munich 57 47 78 81 138 95
Hungary 116 70 75 63 83 79
Iceland 7 7 6 13 1-5 1-5
Ireland 532 460 455 423 134 75
Latvia 12 10 8 12 13 13
Lithuania 7 6 6 1-5 8 0
Luxembourg 1-5 19 19 14 21 14
Netherlands 376 190 280 471 589 575
Norway 61 80 35 78 71 76
Poland 86 58 35 48 69 62
Slovakia 45 29 13 19 19 10
Sweden 116 84 78 117 70 77
Switzerland 466 157 183 235 382 372
Berne 42 52 111 235 382 372
Geneva 424 105 72 0 0 0
Other FCO 1-5 7 1-5 0 0 0
Worldwide Floater 1-5 7 1-5 0 0 0
Regional Passport Processing Centre N/A N/A N/A N/A 7,029 5,501
Dublin RPPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 206 205
Dusseldorf RPPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 585 68
Hong Kong RPPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 688 814
Madrid RPPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 877 259
Paris RPPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,277 663
Pretoria RPPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 461 472
Washington RPPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,397 1,263
Wellington RPPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,538 1,757
South Asia 779 564-568 597-601 603 460-464 285-293
Afghanistan 12 31 37 28 28 23
Bangladesh 57 38 48 39 26 15
India 423 316 288 324 247-251 148-152
Chennai 36 23 19 25 23 8
Goa 27 25 26 76 24 23
Kolkata 11 8 7 10 1-5 1-5
Mumbai 162 82 77 45 52 39
New Delhi 187 178 159 168 147 77
Nepal 26 29 31 16 15 8
Pakistan 212 123-127 151-155 163 113 76-80
Islamabad 205 122 150 155 96 75
Karachi 7 1-5 1-5 8 17 1-5
Sri Lanka 49 27 42 33 31 15
South East Asia Pacific 4,601-4,613 4,260-4,276 3,979-3,991 4,041-4,057 2,477-2,489 1,775-1,787
Australia 2,410 1,460 575 687 628 628
Brisbane 58 118 95 85 91 116
Canberra 1,961 948 39 30 37 35
Melbourne 63 71 99 123 146 161
Perth 106 117 128 178 139 114
Sydney 222 206 214 271 215 202
Brunei 1-5 1-5 8 1-5 1-5 1-5
Burma 1-5 1-5 0 1-5 1-5 7
Cambodia 50 69 70 53 61 78
Fiji 13 13 13 7 11 6
Indonesia 66 68-72 63 75 64 78
Bali 0 1-5 8 24 21 37
Jakarta 66 67 55 51 43 41
Laos 0 0 0 0 0 7
Malaysia 194 193 174 116 126 129
New Zealand 733 1,352 2,040-2,044 2,167-2,171 645 190
Auckland 0 0 1-5 52 93 89
Christchurch 0 0 0 1-5 0 0
Wellington 733 1,352 2,039 2,114 552 101
Papua New Guinea 1-5 8 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
Philippines 79 79 71 83 75 52
Singapore 168 108 104 85 75 71
Solomon Islands 0 1-5 1-5 0 0 0
Thailand 827 845 753 667 702 430-434
Bangkok 827 845 753 667 702 429
Chiang Mai 0 0 0 0 0 1-5
Vietnam 58 62 106 98 87 97
Hanoi 28 33 37 41 29 35
Ho Chi Minh City 30 29 69 57 58 62
South Eastern Europe 1,416-1,436 1,557-1,577 1,276-1,292 1,041-1,053 1,210-1,218 1,037-1,053
Albania 12 6 9 7 12 19
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
Bulgaria 100 53 46 42 57 53
Croatia 19 31 30 34 73 62
Split 0 0 0 6 19 19
Zagreb 19 31 30 28 54 43
Cyprus 271 353 207 192 183 139
Greece 438-450 476-488 381-385 365 417 283
Athens 435 473 380 252 158 91
Corfu 1-5 1-5 0 26 68 43
Crete 1-5 1-5 0 58 111 59
Rhodes 1-5 1-5 1-5 29 33 48
Thessaloniki 0 0 0 0 11 0
Zakynthos 0 0 0 0 36 42
Kosovo 7 7 12 11 11 1-5
Macedonia 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
Montenegro 0 0 6 1-5 6 1-5
Romania 34 34 15 21 19 16
Serbia 27 17 17 28 21 13
Slovenia 17 10 15 14 8 18
Turkey 489 568 536-540 324 401 430
Ankara 30 15 1-5 18 19 14
Antalya 0 10 8 28 25 14
Bodrum 0 14 69 55 38 44
Fethiye 0 37 215 81 83 190
Istanbul 360 360 114 68 97 109
Izmir 57 63 40 39 63 29
Marmaris 42 69 89 35 76 30
Southern European 9,062-9,070 8,041-8,049 7,037-7,049 7,396-7,400 6,991-7,003 6,082
Italy 797 514 449 709 717 845
Florence 70 74 72 75 0 0
Milan 155 102 115 224 300 310
Naples 122 87 52 97 19 0
Rome 437 245 201 313 398 535
Venice 13 6 9 0 0 0
Malta 75 62 45 54 79 55
Portugal 573 621-625 570 485 447-451 372
Faro 0 0 0 13 0 0
Funchal 6 1-5 8 10 1-5 0
Lisbon 172 118 98 130 147 148
Oporto 9 12 25 16 9 11
Portimao 386 490 439 316 290 213
Spain 7,617-7,625 6,844-6,848 5,973-5,985 6,148-6,152 5,748-5,756 4,810
Alicante 1,477 1,223 998 1,173 940 786
Almeria 0 0 1-5 0 0 0
Andorra 1-5 8 1-5 1-5 1-5 0
Barcelona 1,305 1,296 1,022 1,006 1,214 1,004
Bilbao 19 29 32 35 64 41
Ibiza 280 363 343 454 657 576
Las Palmas 200 148 119 145 247 253
Madrid 2,323 2,083 1,966 1,721 642 369
Malaga 1,244 1,094 876 927 1,029 857
Menorca 0 0 0 0 1-5 0
Palma 563 421 395 407 610 638
Sevilla 0 0 6 10 0 0
Tenerife 204 178 190 262 343 286
Valencia 0 1-5 23 0 0 0
Vigo 1-5 0 1-5 7 0 0
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,739-1,755 1,516-1,532 1,497-1,505 1,394-1,406 967-983 758-786
Angola 13 8 6 8 10 16
Botswana 27 14 6 0 1-5 1-5
Cameroon 1-5 10 6 1-5 7 1-5
Congo, Democratic Republic of 8 1-5 11 1-5 1-5 1-5
Eritrea 1-5 1-5 0 1-5 1-5 1-5
Ethiopia 20 26 20 31 23 23
Gambia 22 17 25 23 13 13
Ghana 93 70 70 69 68 68
Kenya 127 140 135 181 99 81
Malawi 41 20 26 17 9 10
Mauritius 38 22 13 13 18 10
Mozambique 30 14 17 14 9 7
Namibia 20 20 17 15 10 10
Nigeria 139-143 90 94 86 69 87
Abuja 1-5 0 0 0 0 0
Lagos 138 90 94 86 69 87
Rwanda 1-5 1-5 1-5 11 7 1-5
Senegal 7 1-5 1-5 13 1-5 1-5
Seychelles 12 14 6 0 0 1-5
Sierra Leone 15 10 14 25 31 14
South Africa 873 814 828 721 380 263
Cape Town 103 104 123 110 115 96
Pretoria 770 710 705 611 265 167
Sudan 15 23 14 16 19 13
Tanzania 61 64 50 12 56 36
Uganda 53 48 38 47 52 28
Zambia 38 29 26 18 22 32
Zimbabwe 84 59 73 71 61 40