Police receive average of 561 spiking reports a month – report
Police receive thousands of reports of spiking a year – but minimal cases result in charges, a Home Office report suggests.
Between May 2022 and April 2023, there were 6,732 reports of spiking in England and Wales – including 957 reported incidents of needle spiking.
On average police receive 561 reports of spiking a month, with the majority being made by women typically after incidents in or near bars and nightclubs, the report published on Monday said.
It comes as the stopped short of overhauling laws to make spiking
