There were around 9,013 drug offences recorded in Northern Ireland in 2022/23, an increase on the previous year when there were approximately 8,394. In this time period drug crime has increased in Northern Ireland from just under 2,000 offences in 2002/03 to the peak seen in the most recent reporting year.
Number of drug offences recorded in Northern Ireland from 2002/03 to 2022/23
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Police Service of Northern Ireland. (May 16, 2023). Number of drug offences recorded in Northern Ireland from 2002/03 to 2022/23 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/941580/drug-offences-in-northern-ireland/
Police Service of Northern Ireland. "Number of drug offences recorded in Northern Ireland from 2002/03 to 2022/23." Chart. May 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941580/drug-offences-in-northern-ireland/
Police Service of Northern Ireland. (2023). Number of drug offences recorded in Northern Ireland from 2002/03 to 2022/23. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941580/drug-offences-in-northern-ireland/
Police Service of Northern Ireland. "Number of Drug Offences Recorded in Northern Ireland from 2002/03 to 2022/23." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941580/drug-offences-in-northern-ireland/
Police Service of Northern Ireland, Number of drug offences recorded in Northern Ireland from 2002/03 to 2022/23 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941580/drug-offences-in-northern-ireland/ (last visited September 28, 2023)
Number of drug offences recorded in Northern Ireland from 2002/03 to 2022/23 [Graph], Police Service of Northern Ireland, May 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/941580/drug-offences-in-northern-ireland/