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Since 2021, forensic science academics at Anglia Ruskin University have partnered with the UK’s leading alcohol charity Drinkaware to track the prevalence of drink spiking through national surveys, undertaken by YouGov. The most recent survey, carried out in summer 2025 and involving 7,256 UK adults, found that approximately 2% of adults reported being a victim of drink spiking in the previous 12 months. When extrapolated across the UK population, this equates to nearly one million people.
