Data collected centrally on recorded crime do not identify whether offences are drug related. The recorded crime statistics do include the number of specific drug offences which are given in the tables.
Police force area Number Avon and Somerset 484 Bedfordshire 223 Cambridgeshire 205 Cheshire 635 Cleveland 227 Cumbria 222 Derbyshire 302 Devon and Cornwall 637 Dorset 183 Durham 404 Dyfed-Powys 374 Essex 401 Gloucestershire 210 Greater Manchester 1,051 Gwent 389 Hampshire 770 Hertfordshire 215 Humberside 444 Kent 790 Lancashire 554 Leicestershire 309 Lincolnshire 235 London, City of 46 Merseyside 694 Metropolitan Police 4,695 Norfolk 337 Northamptonshire 286 Northumbria 445 North Wales 238 North Yorkshire 171 Nottinghamshire 373 South Wales 525 South Yorkshire 535 Staffordshire 389 Suffolk 333 Surrey 163 Sussex 695 Thames Valley 566 Warwickshire 136 West Mercia 436 West Midlands 828 West Yorkshire 1,807 Wiltshire 191 Total 23,153 Note: Prior to April 1998, ‘trafficking in controlled drugs’ was the only drug offence included in the recorded crime series.
Police force area 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Avon and Somerset 2,145 2,017 1,990 1,860 Bedfordshire 1,141 1,081 896 1,009 Cambridgeshire 1,166 1,011 829 798 Cheshire 2,470 1,854 1,644 1,591 Cleveland 1,120 992 952 1,109 Cumbria 1,621 1,360 949 925 Derbyshire 1,689 1,659 1,374 1,635 Devon and Cornwall 3,873 3,784 3,374 4,079 Dorset 1,102 1,379 1,237 1,390 Durham 1,388 1,259 1,207 1,317 Dyfed-Powys 2,483 2,030 1,690 2,407 Essex 2,312 2,421 2,208 2,212 Gloucestershire 1,152 1,285 1,293 1,223 Greater Manchester 5,439 4,919 4,932 4,698 Gwent 2,447 2,214 2,196 1,729 Hampshire 4,195 4,155 3,464 3,449 Hertfordshire 1,197 1,180 1,441 1,350 Humberside 1,639 1,534 1,342 1,513 Kent 3,891 3,644 2,940 3,051 Lancashire 4,117 3,135 3,124 3,169 Leicestershire 1,433 1,478 1,395 1,705 Lincolnshire 1,229 975 906 1,116 London, City of 504 357 296 469 Merseyside 5,620 4,838 4,421 4,390 Metropolitan Police 32,152 26,233 23,626 26,204 Norfolk 1,534 1,561 1,160 1,211 Northamptonshire 1,285 1,157 967 958 Northumbria 3,934 4,209 4,238 4,804 North Wales 1,885 1,586 1,427 1,382 North Yorkshire 1,560 1,408 1,259 1,491 Nottinghamshire 2,004 1,846 2,028 2,070 South Wales 2,934 2,690 3,038 3,907 South Yorkshire 3,983 3,614 3,521 3,408 Staffordshire 1,915 1,650 1,623 2,186 Suffolk 1,581 1,410 1,178 1,292 Surrey 1,557 1,510 1,858 1,872 Sussex 2,235 2,323 2,002 2,602 Thames Valley 3,838 3,635 3,364 4,093 Warwickshire 683 776 629 659 West Mercia 2,393 2,137 2,073 2,109 West Midlands 7,180 6,536 7,519 7,578 West Yorkshire 6,720 5,852 4,820 4,297 Wiltshire 1,199 1,172 1,028 1,076 Total 135,945 121,866 113,458 121,393 Note: The introduction of the revised counting rules in April 1998 expanded the offence coverage. This included the addition of ‘possession of controlled drugs’ and ‘other drug offences’. These data are not comparable with earlier years.
Police force area 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Avon and Somerset 2,308 2,457 2,739 4,642 Bedfordshire 1,069 1,130 1,131 1,228 Cambridgeshire 904 1,047 1,174 1,442 Cheshire 1,717 1,695 1,546 1,748 Cleveland 1,685 1,368 1,451 1,822 Cumbria 1,038 1,189 1,321 1,576 Derbyshire 1,877 1,932 2,023 1,680 Devon and Cornwall 4,516 4,826 4,356 4,147 Dorset 1,371 1,455 1,577 1,703 Durham 1,289 1,205 1,062 1,299 Dyfed-Powys 2,978 2,420 2,327 2,495 Essex 2,377 2,295 2,328 2,889 Gloucestershire 1,311 1,288 1,218 1,352 Greater Manchester 5,667 5,981 6,703 8,843 Gwent 1,585 1,422 1,332 1,412 Hampshire 3,938 3,967 3,773 4,037 Hertfordshire 1,553 1,678 1,754 2,044 Humberside 1,883 1,874 2,048 2,127 Kent 3,236 2,795 2,170 2,713 Lancashire 4,084 3,640 3,411 3,245 Leicestershire 1,629 1,821 1,942 2,747 Lincolnshire 1,060 1,061 951 1,230 London, City of 790 744 876 1,023 Merseyside 5,419 5,497 5,649 11,952 Metropolitan Police 33,311 32,332 33,011 42,681 Norfolk 1,392 1,508 1,602 1,821 Northamptonshire 979 971 1,477 1,394 Northumbria 6,040 5,414 4,636 5,159 North Wales 1,830 1,830 1,834 2,120 North Yorkshire 1,582 1,624 1,690 1,915 Nottinghamshire 2,352 2,830 2,667 3,301 South Wales 3,872 3,837 3,705 3,483 South Yorkshire 3,448 3,191 3,013 3,283 Staffordshire 2,264 2,586 2,689 3,242 Suffolk 1,689 1,923 1,974 2,015 Surrey 1,934 1,689 1,904 1,787 Sussex 2,665 3,050 3,343 4,276 Thames Valley 4,903 5,404 6,167 7,515 Warwickshire 751 944 914 1,313 West Mercia 2,053 2,218 2,278 2,537 West Midlands 8,828 8,656 7,840 10,035 West Yorkshire 5,015 5,295 5,666 6,739 Wiltshire 898 971 1,066 1,340 Total 141,090 141,060 142,338 175,352 Note: Numbers of recorded crime were affected by changes in reporting and recording following the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These data are not comparable with earlier years.