Possession of Drugs (1807A/23)
Request
Q1. How many incidents of possession of illegal drugs have there been overall in your area per year? Please provide a figure for each year (i.e. 2023 so far, 2022 and 2021).
Q2. Please provide the data as per Q1 for incidents of possession of illegal cannabis specifically. Please provide a figure for each year (i.e. 2023 so far, 2022 and 2021).
Q3: Please provide the data as per Q1 for incidents of possession of illegal synthetic cannabinoids (i.e. spice, K2) specifically. Please provide a figure for each year (i.e. 2023 so far, 2022 and 2021).
Q4. Which road in your area saw the greatest number of incidents of “possession with intent to supply” and/or “supplying” (dealing or sharing) of illegal drugs? If data is unavailable by road, please provide by area or postcode. Please provide a figure for each year (i.e. 2023 so far, 2022 and 2021).
Q5. Please provide the data above for illegal cannabis specifically. If you do not log this by drug name, please provide by Class A, B or C of drug or however else this information is recorded. Please provide a figure for each year (i.e. 2023 so far, 2022 and 2021).
CLARIFICATION
In relation to question 5 the total that related to Cannabis only from the results from question 4, with intent so supply cannabis offences please.
Response
Please find attached our response.
Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
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 a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.