UK UK - Hanna Balcer, 14, last seen at New Barnet train station, London, just before 8pm on 24 April 2025

[MsMiniSleuth]

An urgent hunt is underway for Hanna Balcer who vanished from her home in north London last Thursday.

She was last seen at New Barnet train station just before 8pm on April 24 after leaving her family's home earlier that evening.

Hanna has brown hair, is about 5ft 5ins tall, was wearing a dark tracksuit and black trainers and carrying a black rucksack when she disappeared.

Police believe she may be travelling across London and said she has links to Barnet, Shepherd's Bush and Ladbroke Grove.

Hunt for schoolgirl, 14, last seen 5 days ago - as family issue plea

An urgent hunt is underway for Hanna Balcer,14, who vanished from her home in north London last Thursday.

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[MsMiniSleuth]

The mother of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who vanished nearly a week ago from her home in north London urged her to “pick up the phone”, adding: “Your family loves you.”

Detectives are increasingly concerned for the safety of Hanna Balcer and say her disappearance is “completely out of character”.

In a statement released by the Metropolitan Police, her mother Izabela said loved ones are “beside themselves with worry and desperate for information on her whereabouts”.

Mum of missing schoolgirl pleads for help amid urgent police search in London

Hanna left her parents’ home and was last seen at New Barnet station

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[MsMiniSleuth]

Police are appealing for the assistance of the public to help find 14-year-old Hanna Balcer who is missing from her home in Barnet.

Hanna was last seen at New Barnet train station at around 19:50hrs on Thursday, 24 April after leaving her home earlier that evening.

Hanna has brown hair, is about 5ft 5ins, and was last seen wearing a dark tracksuit and black trainers and carrying a black rucksack.

She has links to Barnet, Shepherd’s Bush and Ladbroke Grove. Officers believe she may be travelling across London.

Detective Inspector Mark Young, from the Met’s North West Missing Persons unit said: “Hanna’s disappearance is completely out of character and her family are understandably incredibly concerned.

“Local officers have been carrying out a number of enquiries in an effort to trace her and we are now turning to the public for help. Please get in touch if you have seen Hanna.

“While there is no suggestion she has come to any harm or is in any immediate danger, as time passes we are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare and just want to bring her home safely.”

Hanna’s mum, Izabela, said: “Hanna’s family are beside themselves with worry and desperate for information on her whereabouts.

“She is just 14 years old and her father and I are naturally very concerned about her safety.

“We urgently need the public’s help to find her. Please take a look at these images we are making public today and reach out to the police if you have seen Hanna or have information about her whereabouts.

“Hanna, if you’re out there reading this, then please pick up the phone.

“Your family loves you and we are anxious to make sure you’re all right.”

Police are appealing for the assistance of the public to help find missing 14-year-old

Hanna Balcer, 14, was last seen at around 19:50hrs on Thursday, 24 April.

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[JennieM]

She has links to Barnet, Shepherd’s Bush and Ladbroke Grove. Officers believe she may be travelling across London.

Mum of missing schoolgirl pleads for help amid urgent police search in London

Hanna left her parents’ home and was last seen at New Barnet station

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[MsMiniSleuth]

The mother of a teenage girl missing for almost a week said ‘every minute seems like an eternity’ as a desperate hunt for her continues.

Hanna Balcer, 14, went missing from her home in Barnet, north London on April 24.

It is understood investigators are working on a lead that she was in central London yesterday.

Her mother lzabela told Metro she was ‘desperate for information’ on her ‘beautiful’ daughter.

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Mother speaks of 'relief' after missing teenager found safe and well

'No clue or scrap of information is too small.'

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[MsMiniSleuth]

The mother of a teenage girl from north London who had been missing for more than a week has spoken of her relief that she has been found after fearing she would never see her again.

Hanna Balcer, 14, went disappeared from her Barnet home on April 24.

Police launched an urgent appeal as her disappearance was completely out of character.

She was brought home at 6am on Friday after she was recognised in a public appeal picture.

Mother speaks of 'relief' after missing teenager found safe and well

'No clue or scrap of information is too small.'

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