Drink spiking offences in London quadruple in five years

Drink spiking offences in London have roughly quadrupled over the last five years, new figures reveal. 

Met Police data shows that while there were 497 offences related to drink spiking in the capital in 2018, the number had risen more than 300 per cent, to 2,066 offences, by 2022. 

Data for 2023, which runs up to the end of October, states that there have been 1,788 offences so far - meaning that this year’s total could be even higher than last, once November and December have been accounted for. 

Only 57 such offences were met with criminal charges