The number of persons found guilty at all courts in the Sussex police force area for offences of possession, and supplying or offering to supply, a controlled drug, from 1997 to 2007 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table.
Data are not available at parliamentary constituency level.
Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
Offence description 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Having possession of a controlled drug 525 533 475 433 581 621 593 476 510 524 638 Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply 104 102 84 54 72 96 103 71 61 72 113 Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug 45 66 46 31 25 55 57 70 164 152 103 1 The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services: Ministry of Justice.