Ketamine Related Arrests
Date of request: 23 February 2026
Reference: 14396265
Request
For each of the last five calendar years – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025:
1.How many people were arrested for possession of the controlled drug ketamine – code 093/72?
2. How many people were arrested for supplying or offering to supply the controlled drug ketamine – code 093/66?
3. How many people were arrested for possessing the controlled drug ketamine with intent to
supply – code 096/78?
For each question, please could you provide figures for adults and under-18s.
Response
We have conducted a search of our crime recording data base for crimes recorded
in the specified time frame under the following offence codes specified in your request.
· 093/72 Possession of the controlled drug Ketamine
· 093/66 Supplying or offering to supply the controlled drug ketamine
· 093/78 Possessing the controlled drug ketamine with intent to supply – we have conducted a
search of 096/78 and we have not located any offences with this code.
The table below provides data for the number of arrests for those listed offences. This information has been broken down by year and further broken down by those aged over 18s and those under
18.
| Count of Arrests | 2021 | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | 2025 | ||
| 18+ | Under 18 | 18+ | Under 18 | 18+ | Under 18 | 18+ | Under 18 | 18+ | Under 18 | Sum: | ||
| 093/66 | Concerned in the supply ketamine | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 46 | ||
| 093/66 | Offer to supply ketamine | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| 093/66 | Supply a controlled drug of Class B – Ketamine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 093/72 | Attempt to possess a controlled drug of Class B – Ketamine | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 093/72 | Possess a controlled drug of Class B – Ketamine | 39 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 264 |
| 093/78 | Attempt to possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B – Ketamine | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 093/78 | Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B – Ketamine | 7 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 100 | |
| Sum: | 55 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 86 | 7 | 94 | 5 | 91 | 4 | 428 |