Drug Arrests 625/23
FOI Reference: 625/2023
Request:
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, regarding arrests for drug offences.
Please share the following information for the financial years between 2015/16 up to and including 2022/23:
Q1) The number of under 18’s arrested for drug offences, broken down into financial years (e.g. 2015/16, 2016/17 etc) and a grand total. (All nationalities, including UK)
Q2) The number of under 18’s who are non-UK nationals arrested for drug offences, broken down into financial years (e.g. 2015/16, 2016/17 etc) and a grand total.
Q3) The number of under 16’s arrested for drug offences, broken down into financial years (e.g. 2015/16, 2016/17 etc) and a grand total. (All nationalities, including UK).
Q4) The number of under 16’s who are non-UK nationals arrested for drug offences, broken down into financial years (e.g. 2015/16, 2016/17 etc) and a grand total.
Q5) The number of under 18’s arrested for drug offences, broken down by nationality.
Q6) The number of under 18’s who are non-UK nationals arrested for drug offences, broken down by offence type.
Q7) The youngest under 18 non-UK national to be arrested for drug possession, and the youngest under 18 to be arrested for supplying. Please include the year of arrests (in financial years).
Response 1:
Please note: The data provided in relation to your request is from 2018/2019 onwards, prior to this (i.e. 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18) there is no information held by Dyfed Powys police
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold some of the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
2018/19 - 57
2019/20 - 39
2020/21 - 23
2021/22 - 18
2022/23 - 27
Total: 164
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold some of the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
2018/19 - 0
2019/20 - 1
2020/21 - 1
2021/22 - 0
2022/23 - 1
Total: 3
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold some of the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
2018/19 - 12
2019/20 - 7
2020/21 - 1
2021/22 - 2
2022/23 - 4
Total: 26
Response 4:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold some of the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
2018/19 - 0
2019/20 - 1
2020/21 - 1
2021/22 - 0
2022/23 - 0
Total: 2
Response 5:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold some of the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
2018/19 – 57 (57 x United Kingdom)
2019/20 – 39 (38 x United Kingdom, 1 x Slovenia)
2020/21 – 23 (22 x United Kingdom, 1 x Portugal)
2021/22 – 18 (18 x United Kingdom)
2022/23 – 27 (26 x United Kingdom, 1 x Vietnam)
Total: 164
Response 6:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold some of the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
2018/19 - 0
2019/20 - 1 (Trafficking of drugs)
2020/21 - 1 Trafficking of drugs)
2021/22 - 0
2022/23 - 1 (Trafficking of drugs)
Total: 3
Response 7:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold some of the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
2018/19 – 0 (for both questions)
2019/20 – 0 (for both questions)
2020/21 – 0 (for both questions)
2021/22 – 0 (for both questions)
2022/23 – 0 (for both questions)
It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate. Police Forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide statistics to government bodies and the recoding criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 17/07/23)