Suspected drug deaths in Scotland: October to December 2021

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, July 2020 to December 2021
Police Division Jul to Sep 2020 Oct to Dec 2020 Jan to Mar 2021 Apr to Jun 2021 Jul to Sep 2021 Oct to Dec 2021
A: North East 18 24 33 26 27 20
C: Forth Valley 20 22 17 19 11 16
D: Tayside 15 31 30 34 17 18
E: Edinburgh City 16 23 40 24 22 11
G: Greater Glasgow 82 103 92 95 78 63
J: The Lothians & Scottish Borders 19 24 31 17 23 17
K: Renfrewshire and Inverclyde 27 23 19 16 7 20
L: Argyll & West Dunbartonshire 13 10 15 5 9 10
N: Highlands & Islands 11 16 10 15 9 15
P: Fife 26 14 18 13 21 20
Q: Lanarkshire 38 36 38 29 31 41
U: Ayrshire 25 32 35 25 18 31
V: Dumfries & Galloway 6 6 15 11 12 6
Total 316 364 393 329 285 288

Source: Police Scotland

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