Aug 2021. Drug Related Deaths in England and Wales

The number of drug-related deaths recorded in England and Wales in 2020 was the highest since records began in 1993. In total, 4,561 deaths related to drug poisoning were registered - equivalent to a rate of 79.5 per million people. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said about half of these would have occurred in 2019, because of delays in registering deaths. The majority will have occurred before the pandemic, it added.