The phenomena of needle spiking gained attention across the United Kingdom during a "sudden increase across the country in October 2021," according to a recent report by the House of Commons ...

Spiking injections, also known as needle spiking, take place when an unsuspecting person is injected with drugs using a needle. Police across the UK are carrying out investigations, but it is ...

Both found a needle mark after they woke up and believe they were “needle spiked”. Needle spiking is when a person is injected with a drug without their consent. Reports of needle spiking ...

News stories about alleged drink and needle spiking incidents sometimes attract significant interest — but experts say they can also spark fear and fuel misconceptions about spiking in the ...

Here’s what we found out → The number of reports of “needle spiking” is small, but some lawmakers are calling for a nationwide police review to assess what’s happening. The Nottingham ...

As Dutch police make their first arrest possibly connected to the so-called ‘needle-spiking’ phenomenon, Lauren Comiteau tries to separate fact from fiction. Twenty-year-old Amsterdam college student ...

Between September 2021 and January 2022, 1,382 reports of needle spiking like Ms Ward's case were reported to police across the UK. Last year, a YouGov survey found one in nine women said they had ...

She reported the incident to police, who were investigating if she could have been the victim of a needle-spiking incident. Victoria Police has now closed its case, it said in part due to the lack ...

First-year university students will be warned about the risk of needle spiking in nightclubs through a new government ad campaign. The Home Office has said it is looking into launching the campaign at ...

No one has ever been prosecuted for needle spiking in Britain, with cases also being reported in Ireland, France and Australia. The Home Office’s new plans haven’t been officially set out yet ...