The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts by drug class, sex and police force area, 1997 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in tables 1 and 2 that have been placed in the House Library.
Court data for 2009 are planned for publication in the autumn, 2010.
The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person, robbery and drug offences.
Data on arrests for drug offences from 1999-2000 (previous data unavailable) to 2007-08 (latest available) are provided in tables 3 and 4 as follows. It is not possible from these centrally reported data, to identify the specific drugs involved in the arrests.
Males Force name 1999-20001 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Avon and Somerset 1,436 1,735 1,698 1,670 1,433 1,231 1,229 1,444 1,892 Bedfordshire 892 775 850 789 695 550 526 471 652 Cambridgeshire 725 619 694 585 543 439 581 751 910 Cheshire 1,415 1,250 1,166 1,288 873 846 584 661 828 Cleveland 1,242 1,043 1,468 1,499 1,383 n/a 1,138 878 920 Cumbria 1,103 761 755 861 785 770 764 767 717 Derbyshire 1,180 1,020 1,046 1,214 1,288 1,095 810 691 861 Devon and Cornwall 2,059 1,903 2,456 2,478 2,250 1,554 1,602 1,544 1,806 Dorset 1,111 948 1,036 946 910 820 839 899 908 Durham n/a n/a n/a n/a 868 797 918 695 648 Essex 1,704 1,833 1,438 1,625 1,399 959 877 966 1,992 Gloucestershire 904 903 893 890 794 542 538 459 681 Greater Manchester 4,169 3,992 3,703 4,481 4,413 3,502 3,517 3,734 4,597 Hampshire 3,392 2,695 2,668 2,628 2,587 2,061 1,979 1,559 2,077 Hertfordshire 946 1,106 1,015 1,053 1,125 1,216 1,335 1,383 1,794 Humberside n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,200 984 870 999 1,083 Kent 2,663 2,072 2,077 2,144 1,772 1,343 1,658 1,709 2,393 Lancashire 2,881 2,812 2,898 3,616 3,165 2,927 2,955 2,867 3,742 Leicestershire 1,200 1,120 1,396 1,624 1,158 940 897 835 891 Lincolnshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 238 776 717 London, City of n/a n/a 440 640 577 279 341 374 409 Merseyside 4,990 4,741 4,675 6,650 6,275 4,231 4,100 3,502 6,164 Metropolitan Police 22,807 20,348 21,417 25,823 21,771 14,489 16,342 17,598 20,505 Norfolk 1,201 899 881 905 921 812 709 782 1,008 Northamptonshire 670 603 545 507 439 589 561 538 538 Northumbria 4,044 4,153 4,642 5,103 4,609 3,723 3,882 3,852 3,142 North Yorkshire 1,295 1,132 1,359 1,470 1,471 n/a n/a 842 994 Nottinghamshire 1,363 1,621 1,481 1,604 1,824 1,284 n/a 1,670 2,148 South Yorkshire 2,984 2,935 2,797 2,895 2,327 1,649 1,623 1,742 2,083 Staffordshire n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,378 1,119 931 1,336 1,539 Suffolk 858 695 633 752 813 664 712 704 589 Surrey 1,059 1,354 1,374 1,306 1,015 835 889 799 1,108 Sussex 327 1,481 1,892 2,003 1,717 1,271 1,610 1,488 1,868 Thames Valley 3,305 3,033 3,192 3,257 3,232 3,910 4,299 4,275 4,160 Warwickshire 605 413 462 457 477 334 316 342 307 West Mercia 1,488 1,263 1,166 1,069 1,090 905 1,009 972 960 West Midlands n/a n/a n/a 6,209 5,716 3,102 3,614 3,410 4,342 West Yorkshire 4,353 3,954 3,574 4,393 3,958 3,273 3,839 3,701 3,345 Wiltshire 648 601 576 473 516 326 374 344 324 Dyfed Powys n/a 1,376 2,343 2,681 2,031 1,176 1,323 1,138 1,126 Gwent n/a n/a n/a 1,534 1,250 556 643 755 733 North Wales 1,265 1,089 1,106 1,560 1,854 1,006 776 1,242 1,306 South Wales 556 2,609 3,075 2,931 2,386 1,307 1,802 1,797 2,035 England and Wales1 105,400 97,400 101,500 114,700 97,800 72,500 76,300 77,291 90,842 n/a = Data not available 1 Figures for England and Wales from 1999-2000 to 2005-06 are estimated to take account of missing data for some forces, additionally, data for 1999-2000 is of lower quality than subsequent years due to it being the first year data on arrests were collected.
Females Force name 1999-20001 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Avon and Somerset 248 328 317 340 305 269 267 247 300 Bedfordshire 101 129 119 116 116 104 86 53 83 Cambridgeshire 117 116 110 126 103 86 116 159 180 Cheshire 207 141 110 139 108 117 121 123 124 Cleveland 252 216 377 471 435 n/a 332 251 291 Cumbria 194 186 121 154 152 157 148 164 116 Derbyshire 173 137 170 163 229 220 149 128 172 Devon and Cornwall 407 344 485 554 485 352 381 341 398 Dorset 223 176 213 168 189 142 212 231 200 Durham n/a n/a n/a n/a 167 163 193 160 190 Essex 350 275 205 225 186 177 137 164 316 Gloucestershire 183 150 173 195 138 124 101 84 144 Greater Manchester 622 601 512 655 713 632 630 535 726 Hampshire 376 364 453 461 434 397 396 317 394 Hertfordshire 135 145 150 146 176 177 227 205 250 Humberside n/a n/a n/a n/a 284 258 212 210 259 Kent 499 316 337 377 368 305 315 331 389 Lancashire 434 373 418 594 483 422 432 413 508 Leicestershire 181 183 204 198 168 163 169 153 136 Lincolnshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 43 130 111 London, City of n/a n/a 28 36 58 41 33 29 32 Merseyside 504 463 488 667 632 347 188 380 603 Metropolitan Police 2,478 2,182 2,155 2,284 2,085 1,650 1,609 1,735 1,926 Norfolk 206 163 139 169 196 200 155 173 191 Northamptonshire 136 95 113 115 114 122 124 100 90 Northumbria 675 678 831 859 781 698 624 614 590 North Yorkshire 208 200 190 237 352 n/a n/a 188 240 Nottinghamshire 264 251 255 258 349 301 n/a 307 413 South Yorkshire 602 551 483 506 595 447 428 415 459 Staffordshire n/a n/a n/a n/a 238 231 183 212 269 Suffolk 154 99 94 125 192 166 143 131 114 Surrey 153 178 172 169 144 145 156 139 161 Sussex 62 285 390 392 397 279 338 365 438 Thames Valley 522 518 506 516 613 571 624 582 579 Warwickshire 76 41 59 64 55 60 63 45 48 West Mercia 247 204 200 170 207 185 204 167 157 West Midlands n/a n/a n/a 675 663 391 435 395 424 West Yorkshire 712 775 728 722 752 518 782 679 533 Wiltshire 122 90 95 69 63 62 72 64 75 Dyfed Powys n/a 250 385 461 377 218 228 218 225 Gwent n/a n/a n/a 185 130 71 86 92 96 North Wales 188 150 144 239 282 181 159 228 217 South Wales 99 443 656 640 529 387 434 445 523 England and Wales1 15,700 13,900 15,100 16,400 15,200 12,200 12,300 12,102 13,690 n/a = Data not available 1 Figures for England and Wales from 1999-2000 to 2005-06 are estimated to take account of missing data for some forces, additionally, data for 1999-2000 is of lower quality than subsequent years due to it being the first year data on arrests were collected.