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Spiking

Commons · Question 90346 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of victims reporting spiking to the police.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 20 Nov 2025

Spiking is an abhorrent crime and illegal in any form, whether through food or drink, vape, or needle. It can affect anyone, at any time and in any setting, regardless of gender, sexuality or age.Between January 2021 and June 2023, the police received 19,...