Current UK data on opioid misuse

Office for National Statistics Data 

• The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces data annually on deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, giving the cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death.  For example, in the 2021 registrations edition, current tramadol deaths are down from 240 in 2014 to 195, although all opiate deaths are up to 2219 from 1786. Reports from previous years are also available.
• The ONS does not distinguish between prescribed, over the counter and illicitly obtained medicines. The drug misuse figures only include drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act but, as additional drugs are controlled under the Act, the data is backdated. The published data only breaks down poisoning (and not drug misuse) deaths by substance.