Police-recorded · West Lancashire · Lancashire Constabulary
Drugs in West Lancashire
12 months to June 2026
1.8per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 217 drugs offences in West Lancashire in the 12 months to June 2026, up 6.9% (14) on the previous 12 months. That is 1.8 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, 123,564
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
219
2.0
2012
June 2013
230
2.1
2013
June 2014
239
2.1
2014
June 2015
168
1.5
2015
June 2016
139
1.2
2016
June 2017
103
0.9
2017
June 2018
105
0.9
2018
June 2019
98
0.8
2019
June 2020
97
0.8
2020
June 2021
131
1.1
2021
June 2022
95
0.8
2022
June 2023
113
0.9
2023
June 2024
137
1.1
2024
June 2025
203
1.6
2025
June 2026
217
1.8
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.