Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report : August 2024 edition
This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is published with up to date statistics every month.
Summary statistics on drugs
▶The proportion of adults reporting use of comparable illicit drugs rose between 2008-09 and 2018-20. Results from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) showed that in 2018-20, 9.7% of respondents reported taking one or more of these drugs in the 12 months prior to interview. This was an increase from 7.6% in 2008-09 and 7.4% in 2017-18. The drugs listed in the survey questionnaire are the same for both 2017-18 and 2018-20, enabling a direct comparison.
▶One in eight people used illicit drugs in 2021. The most recently published statistics, from the 2021 Scottish Health Survey, showed that 12% of respondents used one or more of these types of drugs in the 12 months before interview. This is a different survey and, although the methodology is similar, the results may be different in a survey focused on health rather than crime. As a result this estimate is not shown as continuous with the SCJS.
![Percentage of adults reporting use of illicit drugs
Percentage of adults reporting use of comparable illicit drugs in the 12 months prior to interview, as reported in the Scottish Crime & justice Survey, 2008-09 to 2018-20 (the latter 2018-19 and 2019-20 combined) and the Scottish Health Survey, 2021. Last updated February 2024.](/binaries/content/gallery/publications/statistics/2024/08/safer-communities-justice-statistics-monthly-data-report-august-2024-edition/SCT0824085140-001_g21.png)
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