Police Powers and Procedures England and Wales 2010/11

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What young people (10-17) get arrested for

ARRESTS FOR DRUG OFFENCES

Over

35,000 young people between the ages of 10 and 20

were arrested for drug offences in England between April 2010 and March 2011

Arrests of young people for drug offences 2009/10 and 2010/11

Young men are nine times more likely to be arrested for drug offences than young women

Number of persons aged 10-17 arrested for drug offences by region, 2010/11

Total = 13,428

Number of persons aged 18-20 arrested for drug offences by region, 2010/11

Total = 20,431

STOP AND SEARCH ON SUSPICION OF DRUG OFFENCES

NB The following refers to all searches under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) and is not young people specific

Stop and search carried out of people or cars for drugs and subsequent arrests by

year

Searches and subsequent arrests for drugs in 2010/11

Total = 565,237 searches39,704 arrests

Data presented here comes from the Home Office website

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/police-research/police-powers-procedures-201011/

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