| Table A 2 Rates(1) of seizure of controlled drugs by police forces and year | |||||||||||
| Scotland | Number of seizures per million population | ||||||||||
| Police force or other authority | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Police and other authorities | |||||||||||
| Scotland | |||||||||||
| Central | 1,800 | 2,313 | 2,144 | 2,167 | 2,993 | 2,189 | 1,258 | 2,808 | 2,355 | 3,057 | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,809 | 2,788 | 3,050 | 2,989 | 3,422 | 2,800 | 1,796 | 2,233 | 2,695 | 3,213 | |
| Fife | 979 | 1,504 | 1,433 | 1,902 | 1,890 | 1,547 | 1,257 | 1,484 | 1,680 | 1,670 | |
| Grampian | 1,937 | 2,083 | 2,569 | 2,815 | 3,119 | 2,712 | 2,084 | 2,364 | 2,660 | 2,589 | |
| Lothian and Borders | 1,626 | 843 | 1,698 | 2,729 | 2,783 | 3,149 | 2,804 | 2,879 | 3,433 | 2,436 | |
| Northern | 1,401 | 1,655 | 1,687 | 1,992 | 1,432 | 2,342 | 1,676 | 2,484 | 2,977 | 3,278 | |
| Strathclyde | 3,024 | 3,526 | 3,571 | 4,206 | 4,527 | 4,325 | 4,236 | 4,862 | 5,622 | 6,505 | |
| Tayside | 1,765 | 2,102 | 2,450 | 2,653 | 3,200 | 2,750 | 2,169 | 2,752 | 3,356 | 4,234 | |
| Other authorities | |||||||||||
| ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ||
| Scotland police total | 2,246 | 2,481 | 2,717 | 3,260 | 3,508 | 3,367 | 3,017 | 3,541 | 4,074 | 4,438 | |
| (1) These rates are calculated by relating the number of seizures made by each police force to the mid-year population estimates for area: seizures made by H.M. Revenue and Customs, the National Crime Squad and other authorities are not included. | |||||||||||