Figure DLO-1. Indexed trends in reports for drug-related offences by broad type of offence in the EU Member States 2002–07

Notes:

1. The trends represent the available information on the national number of reports for drug-related offences (criminal and non-criminal) reported by all law enforcement agencies in the EU Member States; all series are indexed to a base of 100 in 2002 and weighted by country population sizes to form an overall EU trend; the figures between brackets refer to the total number of offences as reported in 2007 (before weighting).

2. The general term 'reports for drug law offences' is used, since definitions and study units differ widely between countries. For definitions of the term 'reports for drug law offences', please refer to Drug law offences — methods and definitions.

4. Countries that in 2007 carried out changes in the information system likely to affect comparability across time (Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Slovakia, and United Kingdom), as well as countries with missing data for two or more consecutive years are not included in the trend calculations. The over all trends is base on 21 countries (85 % of the EU population 15-64) and supply and use trends are based on 16 countries (73 % of the EU population 15-64).

5. Additionally, where 2007 data are missing (2 case for both use-related and supply-related reports) 2006 data are used, for missing 2002 data (1 cases for both use-related and supply-related reports) 2003 data are used.

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Source:

Reitox national focal points and, for population data Eurostat.