Police methadone seizures in England and Wales (UK) 2006-2018

Published by D. Clark, Jul 3, 2024
This statistic shows the number of methadone seizures by police forces in England and Wales from 2006/07 to 2017/18. Such seizures peaked for this period in 2010/11 at 1,067, and then showed year on year decreases in every following reporting period, reaching a low of 463 seizures in 2017/18.

Number of methadone seizures by police forces in England and Wales from 2006/07 to 2017/18

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Release date

November 2018

Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2018

Supplementary notes

Includes seizures made by British Transport Police (BTP).
In 2014/15 Bedfordshire and Hampshire were unable to supply reliable estimates. Imputation methods have been used to estimate the 2014/15 data for these forces.
In 2015/16 Bedfordshire, Dorset, Essex and Leicestershire were unable to supply reliable estimates. Imputation methods, based on police recorded crime, have been used to estimate the 2015/16 data for these forces.
In 2016/17 & 2017/18 Kent were unable to supply reliable estimates. Imputation methods have been used to estimate the 2016/17 data for this force.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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