Suspected drug deaths in Scotland: January to March 2022

This report focusses on Police Scotland management information as a key indicator of recent drug death trends in Scotland.


Annex A: Police Scotland suspected drug deaths by police division

Table 2: Police Scotland suspected drug deaths by police division by calendar quarter, October 2020 to March 2022
Police Division Oct to Dec 2020 Jan to Mar 2021 Apr to Jun 2021 Jul to Sep 2021 Oct to Dec 2021 Jan to Mar 2022
A: North East 24 33 26 27 20 18
C: Forth Valley 22 17 19 11 16 15
D: Tayside 31 30 34 17 18 25
E: Edinburgh City 23 40 24 22 11 31
G: Greater Glasgow 103 92 95 78 63 50
J: The Lothians & Scottish Borders 24 31 17 23 17 18
K: Renfrewshire and Inverclyde 23 19 16 7 20 23
L: Argyll & West Dunbartonshire 10 15 5 9 10 8
N: Highlands & Islands 16 10 15 9 15 13
P: Fife 14 18 13 21 20 20
Q: Lanarkshire 36 38 29 31 41 29
U: Ayrshire 32 35 25 18 31 27
V: Dumfries & Galloway 6 15 11 12 6 8
Total 364 393 329 285 288 285

Source: Police Scotland

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