Drugs Search Arrests 2018

The figures are the latest available from the Home Office, and cover the 12 month period between May 2016 and April 2017.

Cheshunt emerged as the area with the most recorded drugs-related crimes, at 217 over the 12-month period.

Welwyn Hatfield West came 2nd with 213.

East Herts Rural, which includes Buntingford and Ware, came in 3rd, with 190 offences.

Watford Central came 4th with 155, and Watford North 7th with 128

Hemel Hempstead North, Rural, West and Central came 5th with 151, and Hemel Hempstead East 10th with 114.