Police-recorded · City of London · City of London Police
Drugs in City of London
12 months to June 2026
30.6per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 479 drugs offences in City of London in the 12 months to June 2026, up 25.1% (96) on the previous 12 months. That is 30.6 per 1,000 residents against 3.4 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Drugs”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 15,631
Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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—
June 2012
375
49.9
2012
June 2013
430
57.1
2013
June 2014
389
51.4
2014
June 2015
341
44.5
2015
June 2016
324
41.9
2016
June 2017
274
34.8
2017
June 2018
292
35.8
2018
June 2019
393
44.8
2019
June 2020
577
69.3
2020
June 2021
507
58.3
2021
June 2022
492 (partial)
—
—
June 2023
511
35.2
2023
June 2024
480
31.0
2024
June 2025
383
24.5
2025
June 2026
479
30.6
2025
What this measures
Possession, supply and production of controlled drugs. Counts largely reflect police activity rather than the level of drug use.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.