Claim: Between 2014-15 and 2016-17, killings where either the victim or suspect were involved in using or dealing illegal drugs increased from 50% to 57%.
Fact-check: Drugs and homicide - Full Fact
Verdict: this is based on homicides in england and wales where it's possible to say whether the victim and/or suspect was a drug user or dealer. as a proportion of all homicides, the increase is from 41% to 42%. we also don't know the levels for any other years.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-04-10T00:00:00