FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4538
You asked
Please provide crime statistics for drugs trafficking and County Line offences throughout the United Kingdom. I am interested in Drug trafficking and transport infrastructure and hoped to get hold of statistics since the year 2000, 2010 and 2020.
I was also hoping it could be narrowed down by type of location e.g. Airport, Sea port, Train network and highways (motorway) if at all possible.
We said
Thank you for your request.
The number of drug trafficking offences recorded by the police from year ending March 2003 to year ending March 2022 in England and Wales can be found in Table A4 of the Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk). Unfortunately, we do not hold any data that flags whether these offences are related to county lines or the location in which they occurred.
The Home Office are responsible for Police Recorded Crime data and the ONS publish it on their behalf. If you have any queries regarding these data, the Home Office can be contacted directly at CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.