Lambeth local authority · 2022/23
Opiate and crack use
7.7
Estimated users per 1,000 people aged 15 to 64.
Estimated prevalence of opiate and/or crack cocaine use · Persons, 15-64 yrs
England: 8.5 · 2022/23 — Similar
healthcards · Lambeth · 2022/23
What this means
An estimated 7.7 in every 1,000 people aged 15 to 64 in Lambeth use opiates and/or crack cocaine — about 1,887 people.
Source population denominator: 244,974 (Persons, 15-64 yrs); this measure is modelled, not a direct count of cases.
Fingertips comparison: Similar England.
Recorded value (Lambeth)
- 2022/23: 7.7
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Source & provenance
- Indicator:
- Estimated prevalence of opiate and/or crack cocaine use (ID 91117)
- Source:
- DHSC and UKHSA, opiate and crack cocaine use prevalence estimates 2022 to 2023 (via OHID Fingertips)
- Area:
- Lambeth (E09000022), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2022/23; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- Persons, 15-64 yrs
- Note:
- Modelled estimate, published every few years.
Caveats
- A modelled estimate of a hidden population, not a count of people identified or in treatment.
- Published every few years, not annually — the latest estimate is 2022/23. Confidence interval: 6.7 to 9.3 per 1,000.
- Covers opiates and/or crack cocaine only: not all drugs, and not alcohol.
- The 2022/23 method changed: earlier estimates must not be directly compared with this release.
- Area-level estimate. It says nothing about any individual.
- Higher means more estimated opiate and/or crack cocaine use. Not a measure of treatment need or of harm to any person.
Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.