The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner has called for stricter laws on spiking offences to ensure offenders are more ...

As American travelers head abroad for summer festivals and nightlife, officials are urging caution following a spike in ...

She is one of 145 young women who reported being pricked with syringes and becoming unwell while attending Fête de la Musique ...

Police in England and Wales received 6,732 reports of spiking in the year up to April 2023 - with 957 of those relating to needle spiking. London's Metropolitan Police said reports of spiking had ...

News stories about drink and needle spiking incidents can attract significant interest, but experts warn they can drive misconceptions and distorted fears about spiking in the community. Here's ...

The request, submitted by the News & Star, shows there were four cases of needle spiking reported in 2021, 16 in 2022, 12 in 2023, and seven so far this year. All 39 reports have been investigated ...

POLICE forces are dealing with more than 100 cases of drink and needle-spiking every week as reports of the crime hit record levels. Victims have been sexually and physically assaulted, robbed and … ...

Between September 2021 and August 2022, there were nearly 5,000 reported cases of spiking, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). Of them, nearly 2,600 involved spiking by needle.

Needle spiking is when a person is injected with a drug without their consent. Reports started to emerge in the UK in 2021 but this has now been reported around the world, including in Australia.

What is needle spiking? Needle spiking is when a person is injected with a drug without their consent. Reports of needle spiking started to emerge in the UK in 2021 but it’s now been reported ...