Number of problem drug users identified from each source
| Local authority | Treatment | Arrest referral | GP | Probation | Police | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Bury | 307 | 5.4 | 29 | 2.1 | 89 | 18.0 | 133 | 5.3 | 23 | 3.7 |
| Bolton | 728 | 12.9 | 265 | 19.6 | 30 | 6.1 | 376 | 15.0 | 136 | 22.1 |
| Manchester | 1819 | 32.2 | 473 | 35.0 | 99 | 20.0 | 652 | 26.0 | 177 | 28.7 |
| Oldham | 430 | 7.6 | 84 | 6.2 | 99 | 20.0 | 286 | 11.4 | 25 | 4.1 |
| Rochdale | 422 | 7.5 | 61 | 4.5 | 136 | 27.5 | 256 | 10.2 | 44 | 7.1 |
| Salford | 261 | 4.6 | 112 | 8.3 | 9 | 1.8 | 179 | 7.1 | 31 | 5.0 |
| Stockport | 346 | 6.1 | 44 | 3.3 | 3 | 0.6 | 134 | 5.3 | 23 | 3.7 |
| Tameside | 360 | 6.4 | 47 | 3.5 | 26 | 5.3 | 178 | 7.1 | 53 | 8.6 |
| Trafford | 356 | 6.3 | 87 | 6.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 78 | 3.1 | 17 | 2.8 |
| Wigan | 627 | 11.1 | 150 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 9.4 | 87 | 14.1 |
| Greater Manchester | 5656 | 100.0 | 1352 | 100.0 | 494 | 100.0 | 2507 | 100.0 | 616 | 100.0 |