Number of cannabis seizures in England and Wales 2006-2023

Published by D. Clark, Jul 4, 2024

In 2022/23 the police and border forces of England and Wales made 140,370 seizures of cannabis. Since peaking at over 186,000 seizures in 2008/09 the number of cannabis seizures steadily declined until 2017/18, before seizures started to rise again.

Number of cannabis seizures by police and border forces in England and Wales from 2006/07 to 2022/23

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Release date

January 2024

Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2023

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This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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