Home Office written question – answered at on 26 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded for drug possession in each of the last three years in England.
The number of possession of drugs offences recorded by the police forces in England (including those recorded by the British Transport Police) in each of the last three years is presented in the table below.
Year ending December: | Possession of drugs offences, England |
2019 | 137,423 |
2020 | 156,556 |
2021 | 136,019 |
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