Seizures of drugs, in England and Wales, financial year ending 2025

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This publication provides an overview of drug seizures made by the 43 territorial police forces, British Transport Police, and Border Force in the year ending 31 March 2025, in England and Wales. The data relates to all drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA) and the Psychoactive Substance Act 2016 (PSA). Drug seizure statistics from the year ending March 2011 onwards are available on the a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales#data-tables">GOV.UK website.

The number of seizures can be heavily affected by factors such as enforcement activity, changes in recording practices and the demand and supply of drugs. For the latest published estimates of drug use see the Crime Survey for England and Wales.

Annual totals of the quantity of drugs seized can be greatly influenced by a small number of large seizures. As with the number of drug seizures, any large quantity of drugs seized should not be taken as an indication of drug use prevalence or availability.