2021/24582 - Drink spiking

REQUEST

My request is regarding victims coming forward about drinks being spiked.

For the period between (and including) September 2017 and September 2021, could you please specify:

• The number of recorded crimes mentioning the word “drinks spiking”
• The category of the crime – eg, assault, rape, burglary, robbery, etc
• A brief note of the nature of the crime – ie, what happened?
• The date of each crime
• The outcome of each crime – eg, charge, no further action, etc
• The gender and age group of the victim

CLARIFICATION

If you could also search for 'spike', 'spiking', 'drink-spike', 'drink spiked', 'spiked drink' and ‘administer poison’.

RESPONSE