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Title
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Rate of drug offences per 1,000 people |
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Description
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Rate of drug offences per 1,000 people. Police recorded crime data are supplied to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) by the Home Office. Drug offenses include all police-recorded drug crimes: possessing, making, selling, importing and exporting illegal or controlled drugs. The rate was calculated using the previous year’s population mid-year estimate. |
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Unit of analysis
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Rate (per 1,000) |
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Date available
*
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July 2016 |
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Frequency of publication
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Annual |
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Service / policy area
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Community safety |
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Subject
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Crime |
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Part of
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Police recorded crime |
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Publisher
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Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
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Rights
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You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see website for further details. |
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Numerator Title
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Number of drug offences |
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Denominator Title
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Population (MYE) |
