Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2023
Contains figures for seizures of drugs made by local police forces and the UK Border Force.
Applies to England and Wales
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The data relate to all drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. The number and quantity of seizures made can be affected by police and Border Force activity and changes in recording practices, as well as changes in the drugs market. Therefore, the number and quantity of drug seizures each year should not be taken as an indicator of drug prevalence in England and Wales.
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Further information
Seizures of drugs in England and Wales: user guide
Home Office statisticians are committed to regularly reviewing the usefulness, clarity and accessibility of the statistics that we publish under the Code of Practice for Statistics.
Updates to this page
Published 18 January 2024Last updated 10 December 2024 + show all updates
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A survey to understand the needs of the users of the 2022/23 drug seizures publication was previously created and has now ended. This has now been removed from the publication.
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Amendment to 'Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2023: data tables' - The number of fentanyl and fentanyl analogue seizures made by Border Force in 2017 to 2018 was missing from Appendix Table 3. This has now been corrected.
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