FOI 874/24 Possession of a Controlled Drug
Dear Sir/Madam,
Enquiry Reference: 874- 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
The request relates to the time period June 2021 until June 2024.
How many people were arrested for having possession of a controlled drug (without intent to supply), including:
Class A - Powder Cocaine; Amphetamine
Class B - Cannabis and cannabis resin / Cannabinol / Cannabinol derivatives
Please categorise as follows:
People Proceeded Against for the Home Office Classification Code above broken down by Ethnic Appearance
Answer
After making enquiries with our analysists here are the number of suspects by ethnic appearance listed on the solved drug offences of crime types Section A: 092/60 - Having possession of a controlled drug – amphetamine, and 092/50 - Having possession of a controlled drug – cocaine;
Section B: 092/61 - Having possession of a controlled drug – cannabis, where the crime outcome was given between Jan 2021 and end of June 2024. Please note that in some instances there are more than one suspects listed on the crime.
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Class A - cocaine, amphetamine |
Class B - cannabis |
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2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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1: Charged |
138 |
154 |
216 |
177 |
250 |
274 |
221 |
155 |
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Arabic or North African |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
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Asian |
6 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
20 |
18 |
13 |
7 |
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Black |
1 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
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Chinese,Japanese,SE Asian |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Unknown |
15 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
19 |
24 |
8 |
2 |
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White - North European |
112 |
136 |
193 |
166 |
199 |
223 |
191 |
138 |
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White - South European |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
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2: Youth caution |
4 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
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Unknown |
1 |
2 |
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White - North European |
4 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
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White - South European |
1 |
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3: Adult caution |
34 |
24 |
33 |
25 |
51 |
42 |
29 |
21 |
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Arabic or North African |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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Asian |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Black |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Chinese,Japanese,SE Asian |
1 |
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Unknown |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
|
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White - North European |
25 |
22 |
31 |
23 |
43 |
32 |
28 |
15 |
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White - South European |
1 |
1 |
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6: Penalty notice for disorder |
13 |
13 |
5 |
6 |
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Asian |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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Black |
2 |
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Unknown |
2 |
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White - North European |
7 |
11 |
4 |
6 |
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7: Cannabis/Khat warning |
236 |
233 |
232 |
46 |
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Arabic or North African |
2 |
5 |
2 |
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Asian |
19 |
15 |
15 |
2 |
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Black |
7 |
3 |
4 |
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Chinese,Japanese,SE Asian |
2 |
1 |
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Unknown |
39 |
40 |
42 |
8 |
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White - North European |
166 |
165 |
161 |
35 |
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White - South European |
3 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
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8: Community resolution |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
26 |
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Arabic or North African |
1 |
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Asian |
1 |
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Unknown |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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White - North European |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
21 |
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White - South European |
1 |
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Grand Total |
176 |
183 |
250 |
204 |
564 |
570 |
493 |
257 |
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker