New data has revealed that 79 people across Northamptonshire have reported being victims of drink spiking in 2021 - which is a huge increase from the previous six years. Northamptonshire Police has released data about reported drink and needle spikings across the county after receiving a large number of information requests about the trending crime. Drink and needle spiking has been heavily in the public eye in September, October and November this year both in the county and across the country. There were five reports of spiking in January; two reports of spiking in February; five reports of spiking in March; four reports of spiking in April; zero reports of spiking in May; one report of spiking in June; seven reports of spiking in July; four reports of spiking in August; 26 reports of spiking in September ; 25 reports of spiking in October. Diana Fawcett, chief executive of Victim Support, said: “We are seriously concerned by increased reports of spiking targeting women.

Source: Express December 23, 2021 17:05 UTC