Table DRCrime-6. Heroin-related offences: percentage among total drug law offences, 1996-2002
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Country |
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Austria (1) | 15.7 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 10.9 | ||
| Belgium | 8 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | ||||
| Czech Republic (2) | 7.9 | ||||||||
| France (2) | 23.3 | 15.5 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 7 | 6.4 | 5.4 | ||
| Germany (2) | 32.5 | 27.2 | 23.4 | 20.5 | 19 | 18.7 | 17.1 | ||
| Hungary (2) | 11.7 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 15.6 | ||||
| Ireland (2) | 15 | 13.6 | 14 | 12.4 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 9.3 | ||
| Italy (1) (4) | 43.9 | 37.4 | 34.6 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 28.1 | 26.6 | ||
| Lithuania (1) | 14.5 | 30.1 | 15.4 | ||||||
| Luxembourg (1) | 52.6 | 54.4 | 55.6 | 50.8 | 55 | 41 | 50.8 | ||
| Netherlands (2) (5) | 51.9 | 54.9 | 55.6 | 56.6 | 58.3 | ||||
| Portugal (3) (6) | 58.5 | 48.5 | 44.7 | 38.5 | 33.7 | 28 | 16.9 | ||
| Slovenia (1) | 12.3 | 10.3 | |||||||
| Spain (1) (4) | 27.8 | 22.5 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Sweden (1) (7) | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.1 | |||
| United Kingdom (1) | 5.9 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 11.6 | ||||
| Notes: | |||||||||
| Data are not available for some countries. | |||||||||
| For definitions of reports for drug law offences, please refer to [Methods and definitions - Drug law offences] in this Statistical bulletin. | |||||||||
| (1) Based on number of mentions of cannabis among all drug mentions, whether alone or with other drugs. | |||||||||
| (2) Based on number of offences with cannabis as main drug. | |||||||||
| (3) Among all offences broken down by drug (for some offences, a breakdown by drug is not available). | |||||||||
| (4) Among offences for drug dealing/trafficking (since offences for drug use/possession for use are not criminalised). | |||||||||
| (5) Data here refer to 'hard drugs' (defined as drugs which pose unacceptable public health risks, such as heroin, cocaine, LSD and ecstasy). | |||||||||
| (6) Underestimated proportion since it represents offences for heroin only (or 'hard drugs' only in the case of the Netherlands) - it does not include offences for 'heroin with other drug(s)' (or 'hard drugs with other drug(s)' in the case of the Netherlands). | |||||||||
| (7) Percentage among persons given a summary fine by the prosecutor or sentenced by a court. | |||||||||
| Source: National focal points | |||||||||
