Amphetamines and Cocaine statistics for NSW
Meth/amphetamines comes in many forms including powder/pills (speed), crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth or ice) and a sticky paste (base). Ice is usually the most pure form, followed by base then speed. Cocaine (coke) is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug. It is usually snorted as a powder, inhaled as smoke or injected as a solution.
According to the latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey (2017), about 1.3 million (6.3%) Australians aged 14 and over indicated that they had used meth/amphetamines at some stage in their lifetime and 280,000 (1.4%) had done so in the last 12 months. Similar proportions were found for cocaine use (9% for lifetime use and 2.5% for recent use).
The following table provides information on the short (2 year) and medium (5 year) term trends in the number of incidents of use/possess amphetamines and cocaine offences recorded by the NSW Police Force by region (Statistical Area).
The next update will be available: December 2019
The map below shows the rate per 100,000 population for use/possess amphetamine offences recorded by the NSW Police Force by Statistical in 2018.
