Drink spiking 814/2026

FOI Reference: 814/2026

Request:

Please provide the following information for each calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and separately for 2026 year-to-date (up to the most recent date for which data are available):

1. The total number of reports/allegations of drink spiking recorded by your force in each year.
2. Of those reports, the number where the recorded age of the alleged victim was between 18 and 21 inclusive (i.e. aged 18, 19, 20 or 21), broken down by year and the gender of those victims.
3. Of the reports involving victims aged 18–21, the number that resulted in a crime being recorded, broken down by year.
4. For all drink-spiking reports, the number that resulted in a crime being recorded, broken down by year.
5. For 2026 year-to-date, please provide the equivalent figures for the period from 1 January 2026 to the latest date for which data are available.

For clarity, by “drink spiking” I mean reports/allegations that a substance was deliberately added to a person's drink without their knowledge or consent. Please include cases recorded under any relevant crime, incident, intelligence or other recording system where your force has identified the allegation as drink spiking.

If your systems distinguish between drink spiking and other forms of spiking (for example, needle spiking, food spiking or spiking via another route), please provide the drink-spiking figures separately and do not include these other forms unless they were specifically recorded as involving a drink.

If the information is held in a form that distinguishes between an allegation/report and a formally recorded crime, please provide both figures where possible.

Please provide the information in a table, using the following columns where the data are available:

If any of the requested information is not held in exactly this format, please provide the closest equivalent information that is already held, rather than treating the request as requiring the creation of new data.

If responding to the full request would exceed the applicable cost limit, please contact me with advice on how the request could be narrowed so that the information can be provided.

Please also state:

• the date on which the relevant data were extracted;
• the recording system(s) searched;
• any relevant crime codes, incident codes or search criteria used to identify drink-spiking reports; and
• any limitations or changes in recording practices during 2020–2026 that may affect comparisons between years.

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

The above data was extracted on the 28/08/2026. The data was collected through a keyword search of the occurrence summaries for ‘drink spiking’. Therefore, only occurrences with drink spiking in the summary would return.

This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 04/09/2026.