Government of Jersey

Drug related conviction statistics (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 17 February 2022.
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Request

How many drug convictions has there been in Jersey, each year, for the past five years?

Of the drug convictions in the last five years, can you give details of the age and gender of those convicted, broken down by year?

Over the last five years, can you clarify the drug classification for each prosecution, broken down by year?

Response

Drug Convictions by Age, Year and Gender

Gender	Age	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total
Male	14				1		1
	15	4	1		2		7
	16		4	6	4	1	15
	17	3	6	1	12		22
	18	4	2	4	8	5	23
	19	3	4	4	2	4	17
	20	5	3	9	10	4	31
	21	7	10	1	2		20
	22		3	8	1	3	15
	23		3	5	2	2	12
	24		5	1	3	2	11
	25	6	3	3	4		16
	26	5	2	3	2		12
	27	8	6	4	1	1	20
	28	4	5	1	2	2	14
	29		1	3			4
	30	4	5	3	7	1	20
	31	2	3	2	4	3	14
	32	4	2	2	2	3	13
	33	1	1	2	4		8
	34	3	3	2	3	2	13
	35	3	3	4	1		11
	36	2	1		3		6
	37	2		2	1		5
	38	3			4		7
	39	2	1	1	1	4	9
	40	2	1				3
	41		1	1		1	3
	42	4					4
	43	2	3	1			6
	44	1			1		2
	45	1		2			3
	46			1	1		2
	48		1	2			3
	49	1			1	2	4
	50	1					1
	51	2				1	3
	52	1			1	1	3
	53	2	3		1		6
	54			3			3
	55	2	1				3
	59	2				1	3
	63		1				1
Male Total		96	88	81	91	43	399
Female	15			1			1
	16			1			1
	18		1			1	2
	20					1	1
	21		1			1	2
	22	1			1		2
	26	1			1		2
	29	1					1
	31				1		1
	34					1	1
	35				1	1	2
	36				2		2
	38				1		1
	39			1			1
	44	1					1
	45				1		1
	46				1		1
	47				1		1
	48	1					1
	51				1		1
Female Total		5	2	3	11	5	26
Grand Total		101	90	84	102	48	425

Drug Classification by Year

Class	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total
A	16	18	25	30	8	97
B	72	65	56	65	35	293
C	10	4	2	7	5	28
Unknown	3	3	1			7
Total	101	90	84	102	48	425