Number of Seized Cannabis Farms 2023-2024

Publication Number: 1578

FOI Number: 21405

Information Request 

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and relates to cannabis farms in the UK.

I would like to know:

The number of cannabis farms your team seized in 2024.

The number of cannabis farms your team seized in 2023.

FOI Duty  

First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to your request.   

Second Duty – See below 

Fact – See below 

Exemption – Not applicable

Essex Police can report as follows: 

Caveat: The data is correct as at 04 February 2025

Notes

- Data taken from the Athena crime recording system used by Essex Police..

- ‘Cannabis farm’ is not a defined location type available on Athena.

- The table below shows the number of 'Production or being concerned in production of a controlled drug - Class B - Cannabis' investigations.

Numbers of Production of Cannabis Investigations – 2023 and 2024

Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from several sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data. 

Headline data on Trafficking of Drugs offences recorded by Essex Police between January 2023 and December 2024 can be found within the monthly Essex Police performance reports published by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex:

Police Performance - Essex PFCC