Drug Rape

Drug-assisted sexual assault, or drug rape as it is more commonly known, occurs when someone gives you a drug - against your wishes or knowledge - in order to disorientate or incapacitate you so that they can carry out a sexual assault.

Reported instances of drug rape within the Strathclyde area are few, but all reports are investigated sympathetically, confidentially and diligently.

Anyone - male or female - can be a victim and it can leave the same scars as any assault - physical, emotional and psychological. However, you can take appropriate steps to ensure that it doesn't happen to you.

Some key facts

• In over 50 per cent of drug rape cases the drug is administered through alcohol
• In 70 per cent of cases the attackers are known to their victims in some way
• Most instances of drug rape occur as a result of victims being in pubs and clubs, but it can and does happen in homes, hotels, house partes, university campuses and offices.
• 12 percent of known victims are male

This section of our website is designed to inform you about how you can avoid becoming a victim, and what you should do if you suspect that you have been a victim. 

Click on the links below for more information or use the tabs in the left hand navigation bar of this page.

Drugs and their effects
How to stay safe
If you have been a victim
What Strathclyde Police can do for you
Other people who can help

Remember

If you're not watching you're drinking, then somebody else might be.