Under 18s and drugs

Freedom of Information Act request number: 2022-103

Version date: 16/02/2022

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:

For this request we have utilized the Crimsec 38 Drug Seizure report for the period requested, filtering the data to include any occurrences that have had an under 18 year old subject linked to them

Please can you tell me the number of drugs seized from under 18s by the force between February 2021 and January 2022? 

399 seizures

How many of these offences were on school or college premises between February 2021 and January 2022?

11

How old was the youngest offender between February 2021 and January 2022?

11 years old

Please can you tell me the number of drugs seized from under 18s by the force between February 2020 and January 2021? 

387 seizures

Please can you tell me the number of drugs seized from under 18s by the force between February 2019 and January 2020? 

375 seizures

Please can you tell me the number of drugs seized from under 18s by the force between February 2018 and January 2019?

361 seizures