Crime and criminal justice statistics
Drug offences
Number of drug arrests by type of drug, 1995-96 to 2004-05
(a) Other includes hallucinogens, steroids and other drugs (not defined elsewhere).
Source: Australian Crime Commission 2002-2006. Illicit drug data report (various issues, various issues). Canberra: ACC. 2002 report released by Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence. Illicit drug data reports 2002-2005
Further information
Charts/fact sheets
- Selected crime profiles : drug arrests (Chapter 2 from Australian crime : facts and figures 2005)
- Percentage of providers arrested for all drug arrests, by type of drug, 2003-04
- Drug consumers, number of arrests as a percentage of total drug arrests by gender and type of drug, 2003-04
- Drug providers, number of arrests as a percentage of total drug arrests by gender and type of drug, 2003-04
- Drink spiking under-reported
- Sentencing of drink drivers in NSW
- Ecstasy: Share of total weight detected by method of importation 2000-2001
Publications and data sources - Australia
- Illicit drug data report (previously Australian illicit drug report)
Australian Crime Commission. Annual report providing statistics about drug arrests, seizures and detection by Australia's law enforcement agencies. - Australian Customs annual reports
Annual data on drug detections/seizures - Australian drug trends
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) - Australian trends in ecstasy and related drugs markets
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) - Illicit drug use, sources of Australian data, 2001
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2001
Publications and data sources - other countries and international
- Annual reports
International Narcotics Control Board - Annual reports on the state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction - Drug offences
UK Home Office. Crime statistics for England and Wales - Global illicit drug trends
United Nations International Drug Control Programme, annual reports - World drug reports
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime