Almost 7m Britons have had their drinks spiked, new figures reveal

This Morning presenter Ashley James has told how she has been spiked 'multiple times' after worrying new data revealed that almost 7million Britons may have had their drinks laced with drugs.

A survey of 3,000 UK adults commissioned by CounterSpike earlier this month saw 12 per cent of respondents say they had been spiked during their lifetime, with a further 22 per cent saying they at least knew someone who had been, even if they hadn't.

If those totals were uniformed across Britain, that would mean around 6.6million adults had been spiked at some point in their lives.

The troubling data comes as police forces across the UK deal with soaring reports of spiking in their areas, figures which have drastically shot up in the last five to six years.

Freedom of Information data revealed that Greater Manchester Police had recorded 463 spiking incidents last year alone, an increase of 261 per cent since 2019, with 128 incidents recorded.