2021/24606 - Drinks Spiking
REQUEST
I am writing to request information concerning drink spiking. My request concerns the entire area covered by your force.
- Please perform a keyword search for the terms ‘spiked drink’, ‘drink spiking’, ‘drinks spiking’, 'drinks lacing’, 'injection spiking' and 'spiking by injection' in the case notes or MO and present them in a simple table for the calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
For clarity, the above terms relate to the act of putting alcohol or drugs in a person's drink or injecting them with drugs without the person's knowledge or permission.
This request has previously been made of and was fulfilled by the Metropolitan Police for the years 2015-2017 and this methodology has been widely successful with other police departments.
- Please could you also provide me with a breakdown of the number of people charged concerning the above offences over the calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
- Could you also provide a further breakdown of the number of times these cases have been linked to sexual offences?