Table 11

Drug Offences Recorded by the Police, Scotland 1991-94, 1995/6, 1996/7 & 1997/8 (1)

Breakdown of Recorded Drug Offences

F
I
N
A
N
C
I
A
L

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995/96

1996/97

1997/98

Illegal importation

3

5

4

13

17

39

24

Production

40

177

286

280

308

287

220

Supply, possession with intent to supply

3,301

3,914

4,943

5,625

7,865

7,057

7,823

Possession

8,412

9,226

12,430

13,146

17,247

18,088

21,096

Other

225

246

323

217

302

283

272

Total

11,981

13,568

17,986

19,281

25,739

25,754

29,435

1991

1992

1993

1994

F
I
N
A
N
C
I
A
L

1995/96

1996/97

1997/98

Central

405

553

738

860

1,099

1,054

1,128

Dumfries & Galloway

275

317

375

413

764

758

910

Fife

558

730

715

1,112

1,742

1,848

1,817

Grampian

1,054

1,091

1,127

1,847

2,558

2,465

2,959

Lothian & Borders

1,835

2,425

4,158

2,870

3,447

3,358

3,828

Northern

504

641

755

944

1,345

1,302

1,511

Strathclyde

6,058

6,532

8,764

9,842

13,404

13,335

15,217

Tayside

1,292

1,279

1,354

1,393

1,380

1,634

2,065

Total

11,981

13,568

17,986

19,281

25,739

25,754

29,435

(1) Figures may differ to those already published in the individual Chief Constables' Annual Reports as a result of timing differences in the submission of data to The Scottish Office and the production of the Chief Constables' Annual Reports.