Metropolitan Police’s official stats prove there is an uptick in missing kids in D.C.

When it comes to missing children in D.C., the numbers don’t lie.

Officials spin the news, for certain, saying there is no uptick in missing kids, when statistics provided by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) prove the exact opposite.

Under the heading “Currently Open Cases,” the MPD website says there were no juvenile critical cases in 2012 and 2013, there was one in 2014, none in 2015, and three in 2016.

But in 2017, there are already are 14. That is an uptick.

As for non-critical juvenile cases, there were none in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016.

So far in 2017, there are three. That is an uptick.

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There was one adult critical case each year in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

There have been six so far this year. That is an uptick.

As for adult non-critical cases, there were none in 2012 and 2013, one in 2014 and one in 2015, two in 2016, but eight so far this year. Of all those cases, 31 remain open as of Thursday — one from 2012 and 2013, three from 2014, two from 2015 and six from 2016.

That, too, is an uptick.