RESEARCH / VERSION 1.1 / 16 OCTOBER 2026
NCA’s 2026 assessment: market context
The NCA describes drug markets as expanding and generating billions annually.
| Field | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Reference period | 2025 assessed in 2026 |
| Coverage | United Kingdom |
| Status | Context / method record |
| Source-check date | 2026-10-14 |
| Measure | Qualitative threat assessment |
| Value | No new numerical estimate |
| Currency / price basis | No quantified annual market total |
| Publication date | 2026-03 |
| Reference period | 2025 assessed in 2026 |
| Substances covered | Illicit drugs |
| Method | National intelligence assessment. |
| Estimate family | nca-nsa-2026 |
| Relationship to other estimates | standalone |
| Earlier estimate repeated / parent | No parent link asserted |
| Uncertainty | No statistical confidence interval supplied in this record. |
Interpretation limits
Useful contextual evidence, not a reproducible pound-value estimate. No monetary point estimate is inferred from the description.
Sources
- NCA: National Strategic Assessment 2026, Summary — SOC Impact on the UK → Impact on Communities
Cite this record
Civil Liberties Action (2026). The illegal drugs economy: NCA’s 2026 assessment: market context. Record economy-nca-2026-context, version 1.1, 2026-10-16. https://cla-political-finance.copperchime4.chatgpt.site/databases/releases/2026-10-16-v1.1/records/economy/economy-nca-2026-context.html
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