Under 18 drug offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/23/0854
Version Date: 24/07/2023
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Source:
Force Crime Recording System Niche
Please share the following information for the financial years between 2015/16 up to and including 2022/23:
Q1) The number of under 18’s arrested for drug offences, broken down into financial years (e.g. 2015/16, 2016/17 etc) and a grand total. (All nationalities, including UK)
Q2) The number of under 18’s who are non-UK nationals arrested for drug offences, broken down into financial years (e.g. 2015/16, 2016/17 etc) and a grand total.
|
Year |
Number of arrests (all) |
Number of arrests (non UK nationals) |
|
2015/16 |
67 |
4 |
|
2016/17 |
51 |
1 |
|
2017/18 |
47 |
3 |
|
2018/19 |
80 |
7 |
|
2019/20 |
73 |
5 |
|
2020/21 |
53 |
3 |
|
2021/22 |
51 |
8 |
|
2022/23 |
38 |
0 |
|
Total |
460 |
31 |
Q3) The number of under 16’s arrested for drug offences, broken down into financial years (e.g. 2015/16, 2016/17 etc) and a grand total. (All nationalities, including UK).
Q4) The number of under 16’s who are non-UK nationals arrested for drug offences, broken down into financial years (e.g. 2015/16, 2016/17 etc) and a grand total.
|
Year |
Number of arrests (all) |
Number of arrests (non UK nationals) |
|
2015/16 |
17 |
2 |
|
2016/17 |
13 |
0 |
|
2017/18 |
11 |
0 |
|
2018/19 |
18 |
1 |
|
2019/20 |
22 |
0 |
|
2020/21 |
13 |
0 |
|
2021/22 |
15 |
2 |
|
2022/23 |
11 |
0 |
|
Total |
120 |
5 |
Q5) The number of under 18’s arrested for drug offences, broken down by nationality.
|
Nationality |
Number of arrests (all) |
|
Afghanistan |
1 |
|
Egypt |
3 |
|
France |
1 |
|
Ireland |
1 |
|
Italy |
3 |
|
Jamaica |
3 |
|
Kenya |
1 |
|
Lithuania |
1 |
|
Mauritius |
1 |
|
Netherlands |
1 |
|
Nigeria |
1 |
|
Poland |
2 |
|
Portugal |
4 |
|
Russian Federation |
1 |
|
Rwanda |
1 |
|
Somalia |
1 |
|
South Africa |
1 |
|
Spain |
1 |
|
United Kingdom* |
429 |
|
Vietnam |
2 |
|
Zimbabwe |
1 |
|
Total |
460 |
Includes dual nationalities where UK was one of the nationalities.
Q6) The number of under 18’s who are non-UK nationals arrested for drug offences, broken down by offence type.
|
Offence |
Number of arrests (non UK nationals) |
|
Possession of controlled drugs (Cannabis) |
7 |
|
Possession of controlled drugs (excluding Cannabis) |
2 |
|
Trafficking in controlled drugs |
22 |
|
Total |
31 |
Q7) The youngest under 18 non-UK national to be arrested for drug possession, and the youngest under 18 to be arrested for supplying. Please include the year of arrests (in financial years).
Possession = 15 years old
Supply = 15 years old