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Drug misuse statistics

This series examines the extent and trends in illicit drug use among a sample of 16 to 59 year olds.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 28 August 2013
• Last updated: 9 December 2020
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  1. 9 December 2020

     Added text 'The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) including the Drug misuse statistics are being produced by the ONS from 2020 onwards. The latest release of the Drug misuse in England and Wales statistics can be accessed at: Drug misuse in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk). The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales can be accessed at: Crime Survey for England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk).'

  2. 19 September 2019

     Added ‘Drug misuse: findings from the 2018 to 2019 CSEW ’, updated ‘User guide to drug misuse statistics’.

  3. 26 July 2018

     Added ‘Drug misuse: findings from the 2017 to 2018 CSEW’, updated ‘User guide to drug misuse statistics’.

  4. 27 July 2017

     Added ‘Drug misuse: findings from the 2016 to 2017 CSEW’, updated ‘User guide to drug misuse statistics’.

  5. 3 November 2016

     Updated ‘Drug misuse: findings from the 2015 to 2016 CSEW’.

  6. 28 July 2016

     Added ‘Drug misuse: findings from the 2015 to 2016 CSEW’, updated ‘User guide to drug misuse statistics’.

  7. 23 July 2015

     Added 'Drug misuse: findings from the 2014 to 2015 CSEW'.

  8. 28 August 2013

     First published.

Examines the extent and trends in illicit drug use among a sample of 16 to 59 year old residents in households in England and Wales.

The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) including the Drug misuse statistics are being produced by the ONS from 2020 onwards. The latest release of the Drug misuse in England and Wales statistics can be accessed at: Drug misuse in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk). The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales can be accessed at: Crime Survey for England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk).

Documents

• Drug misuse: findings from the 2018 to 2019 CSEW
  • 19 September 2019
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug misuse: findings from the 2017 to 2018 CSEW
  • 26 July 2018
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug misuse: findings from the 2016 to 2017 CSEW
  • 27 July 2017
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug misuse: findings from the 2015 to 2016 CSEW second edition
  • 3 November 2016
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug misuse: findings from the 2014 to 2015 CSEW second edition
  • 23 September 2015
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug misuse: findings from the 2013 to 2014 CSEW second edition
  • 15 August 2014
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug misuse: findings from the 2012 to 2013 CSEW
  • 25 July 2013
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug misuse declared: findings from the 2011 to 2012 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) (second edition)
  • 27 September 2012
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug Misuse Declared: findings from the 2010/11 British Crime survey, England and Wales
  • 28 July 2011
  • Accredited official statistics
• Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2009/10 British Crime Survey England and Wales
  • 22 July 2010
  • Accredited official statistics

Data tables

• Tables for Drug misuse: findings from the 2014 to 2015 CSEW
  • 23 July 2015
  • Accredited official statistics
• Tables for 'Drug misuse: findings from the 2013 to 2014 CSEW'
  • 24 July 2014
  • Accredited official statistics
• Tables for 'Drug misuse: findings from the 2012 to 2013 CSEW'
  • 28 August 2013
  • Accredited official statistics
• Tables for 'Drug misuse declared: findings from the 2011 to 2012 Crime Survey for England and Wales'
  • 26 July 2012
  • Accredited official statistics

Guidance

• User guide to drug misuse statistics
  • 19 September 2019
  • Guidance