STATISTICS ON FOOTBALL-RELATED ARRESTS & BANNING ORDERS SEASON Home Office 23 October
FOOTBALL OFFENCES SEASON Statistical Highlights Arrests for football related offences down by 1%, to 3,982 from 4,413 Level of arrests reflects the lingering domestic football disorder problems Substantial increase in the number of football banning orders, up to 2,596 on 18 October, from 1,794 on 14 August Targeted police operations resulted in hundreds of high quality football banning orders. 1,263 new bans were made between 15 August and 18 October Arrest levels remain low the highest league attendances for 34 years, 29,197,51 produced 3,1 arrests - an arrest rate of.1% Vast majority of matches remain trouble-free 5% of Premiership, 72% of 1 st Division, 82% of 2 nd Division and 89% of 3 rd Division matches had one arrest or less. Overall, during the season there was an average of 1.62 arrests per game 69% increase in the number of arrests for domestic breach of football banning order (from 37 to 63) reflecting an increased crackdown on individuals acting in breach of the terms of their order. No arrests, or evidence of anyone subject to a banning order attempting to travel overseas 57% of the total arrests were made outside of grounds, 85% of arrests for violent disorder outside of grounds 25% of matches completely police free Arrests of England fans decreased from 261 to 7 reflecting a highly successful Euro tournament Statistics for football-related arrests tell only part of the story and need to be placed in context. Some incidents, especially public disorder outside of grounds, may result in few arrests whereas, in other cases, a large number of arrests may be indicative of preventative police action.
FOOTBALL-RELATED OFFENCES - STATISTICS ON ARRESTS & BANNING ORDERS Data submitted by Police Football Intelligence Officers (FIOs) is compiled by the Football Banning Orders Authority for annual publication. Previous to 21/22 season data was gathered and published by the football section at the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS). During the last football season, FIOs gathered and submitted a wider range of data. This is reflected in the attached tables. Statistical Index Table 1 - Total Football Banning Orders as at 18 October and Banning Orders by Table 2 - Arrests by Competition and Type of Offence - Comparison with Season Table 3 - Ten Year Trend in Arrests and Attendances (League Matches only) Table 4 - Arrests and Attendances for all competitions in Season Table 5 - Arrests by (League Matches only) - Comparison with Season Table 6 - Arrests by, Place of Arrest, Type of Offence for matches involving Premier League Clubs Table 7 - Arrests by, Place of Arrest, Type of Offence for matches involving 1 st Division Clubs Table 8 - Arrests by, Place of Arrest, Type of Offence for matches involving 2 nd Division Clubs Table 9 - Arrests by, Place of Arrest, Type of Offence for matches involving 3 rd Division Clubs Table 1 - Arrests at matches with an International Dimension Table 11 - Arrests by Location (Inside / Outside stadia)
FOOTBALL BANNING ORDERS BY CLUB SUPPORTED (18 OCTOBER ) (numbers in brackets = Banning Orders issued between 15/8/ and 18/1/) TABLE1 18 OCTOBER - 2,596 (1,263) 14 AUGUST - 1,794 Premier League 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division Other Clubs BANS BANS BANS BANS BANS Arsenal 27 (16) Bradford City 25 (21) Barnsley 54 (42) Boston United 4 (4) Aberdeen 3 (3) Aston Villa 53 (31) Burnley 51 (15) Blackpool 4 (1) Bristol Rovers 1 (5) Aldershot Town 3 (3) Birmingham City 38 (19) Cardiff City 16 (39) Bournemouth 5 (5) Bury 6 (3) Barrow 2 () Blackburn Rovers 2 (13) Coventry City 56 (16) Brentford 3 (2) Cambridge United 7 () Canvey Island 1 (1) Bolton Wanderers 33 (13) Crewe Alexandra 7 (3) Brighton & Hove A. 13 (5) Carlisle United 42 (13) Celtic 9 () Charlton Athletic 12 (1) Crystal Palace 7 (5) Bristol City 41 (23) Cheltenham Town 1 (1) Chester City 3 () Chelsea 54 (2) Derby County 43 (34) Chesterfield 46 (17) Darlington 11 (8) Dundee 1 (1) Everton 23 (17) Gillingham 2 (1) Colchester United 11 (9) Doncaster Rovers 25 (11) Exeter City 5 (3) Fulham 6 (3) Ipswich Town 7 (6) Grimsby Town 21 (12) Huddersfield Town 23 (12) Hereford United 14 (8) Leeds United 78 (36) Millwall 89 (14) Hartlepool United 22 (9) Hull City 31 (26) Rangers 2 (2) Leicester City 37 (18) Norwich City 15 (7) Luton Town 3 (22) Kidderminster H. () Shrewsbury Town 2 (5) Liverpool 24 (1) Nottingham Forest 46 (26) Notts County 1 () Leyton Orient 4 (1) Stafford Rangers 1 () Manchester City 56 (19) Preston North End 14 (7) Oldham Athletic 19 (12) Lincoln City 32 (16) Stalybridge Celtic 3 (2) Manchester United 87 (45) Reading 8 (2) Peterborough Utd 31 (2) Macclesfield Town () Tamworth 1 () Middlesbrough 2 (12) Rotherham United 11 (6) Plymouth Argyle 32 (23) Mansfield Town 17 (9) AFC Telford United 9 (9) Newcastle United 37 (25) Sheffield United 64 (47) Port Vale 67 (46) Northampton Town 7 (2) Portsmouth 97 (7) Stoke City 126 (32) QPR 14 (6) Oxford United 15 (9) Southampton 22 (15) Sunderland 48 (31) Rushden & D. 3 () Rochdale 6 (3) Tottenham Hotspur 3 (12) Walsall 13 (1) Sheffield Wed. 29 (21) Scunthorpe United 26 (17) Wolverhampton W. 36 (14) Watford 12 (6) Stockport County 12 (3) Southend United 6 (5) West Bromwich A. 16 (9) Swindon Town 22 (7) Swansea City 26 (1) West Ham United 32 (7) Tranmere Rovers 6 (4) Torquay United () Wigan Athletic 3 (14) Wrexham 52 (24) Yeovil Town () Wimbledon 2 (2) Wycombe Wand. () York City 8 (7) 79 884 538 37 77 (49) (36) (295) (162) (37) Source: Football Banning Orders Authority
COMPETITION ARRESTS BY TYPE OF OFFENCE & COMPETITION TABLE 2 VIOLENT DISORDER PUBLIC DISORDER THROWING MISSILES RACIST CHANTING PITCH INCURSION ALCOHOL OFFENCES TICKET TOUTING OFFENSIVE WEAPONS BREACH OF BANNING ORDER BREACH OF PEACE OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY MISC. PREMIERSHIP 1,137 1,46 142 11 356 397 31 27 17 23 59 14 36 593 45 87 1 1 12 14 73 88 4 14 28 2 1st DIVISION 849 945 61 116 297 33 15 11 18 3 56 75 318 216 5 7 6 21 14 6 22 127 3 3 7 3 2nd DIVISON 616 641 119 89 198 246 13 13 14 15 43 67 159 13 1 6 4 15 7 4 45 6 19 3 5 3rd DIVISION 48 39 86 36 168 151 6 3 4 3 18 1 52 4 1 3 3 9 4 44 51 1 4 7 4 FA CUP 258 275 6 27 78 91 2 7 3 3 37 32 81 75 1 7 4 2 2 1 26 18 9 1 2 LEAGUE CUP (CARLING CUP) FOOTBALL LEAGUE TROPHY (LDV VANS) 24 188 113 25 6 86 1 3 3 16 21 4 36 1 7 3 4 5 1 1 1 1 35 4 5 6 1 15 2 5 16 5 2 3 2 4 PLAY-OFFS 19 142 7 12 51 7 1 2 13 8 18 32 6 2 5 2 5 9 2 6 EUROPEAN CLUB CUPS (CHAMPIONS LEAGUE & UEFA CUP) INTERNATIONALS (ENGLAND & WALES) 155 122 19 3 44 39 2 2 1 4 51 29 1 3 1 3 2 4 33 8 5 14 75 268 14 29 27 52 1 2 3 2 1 8 54 14 2 1 15 95 7 7 OTHER 1 23 21 3 4 4 4 16 8 5 4 7 1 4 3 2 1 3,982 4,413 593 447 1,329 1,454 72 68 63 78 248 336 1,119 1,218 83 132 37 49 63 37 236 476 72 96 67 22
FOOTBALL RELATED ARRESTS - TEN YEAR TREND (LEAGUE MATCHES ONLY) TABLE 3 SEASON 21-22 2-21 1999-2 1998-1999 1997-1998 1996-1997 1995-1996 1994-1995 Total League Attendances 29,197,51 28,346,386 27,756,977 26,3,167 25,341,9 25,435,542 24,692,68 22,783,163 21,844,416 21,856,2 Arrests Premiership 1,137 1,46 1,192 1,623 1,461 1,534 1,438 1,759 1,697 1,723 Division One 849 945 929 816 831 851 1,173 891 949 1,227 Division Two 616 641 595 61 586 641 468 626 56 674 Division Three 48 39 261 351 259 315 228 31 289 226 Total 3,1 3,355 2,977 3,391 3,137 3,341 3,37 3,577 3,441 3,85 Notes: For the purposes of comparison arrest and attendance data relates only to Football League and FA Premier League matches Source of arrest data 21- Football Banning Orders Authority Source of arrest data 1992-21 National Criminal Intelligence Service This year s statistics only include arrestable offences that are Football under Schedule 1 of the Football Spectators Act 1989 (as amended). The previous three years arrest figures, which included some arrests not listed under Schedule 1, have been adjusted accordingly FOOTBALL RELATED ARRESTS AND ATTENDANCES SEASON BY COMPETITION TABLE 4 League Competitions Total Attendance Arrests Cup Competitions Total Attendance Arrests Premiership 13,33,136 1,137 FA Cup 1,87,13 258 Division One 8,772,78 849 League Cup 1,267,729 24 Division Two 4,146,495 616 Football League Trophy 247,121 35 Division Three 2,975,99 48 Play Offs 388,675 19 European Cups 2,192,993 155 Internationals 1,16,585 75 Other* - 1 Total League 29,197,51 3,1 Total Cups / Internationals 6,983,26 972 * Other matches included are Friendlies, Football Conference, the Community Shield, FA Trophy and Under-21 internationals
LEAGUE MATCHES - FOOTBALL RELATED ARRESTS - SEASON / TABLE 5 Premier League Club Supported Arrests Arrests Arrests Arrests 1st Division Club Supported 2nd Division Club Supported 3rd Division Club Supported Arsenal 24 36 Bradford City 5 25 AFC Bournemouth 13 9 Boston United 9 1 Aston Villa 7 84 Burnley 34 82 Barnsley 1 54 Bristol Rovers 3 19 Birmingham City 54 125 Cardiff City 17 99 Blackpool 1 4 Bury 9 4 Blackburn Rovers 45 19 Coventry City 32 23 Brentford 7 8 Cambridge United 1 9 Bolton Wanderers 18 44 Crewe Alexandra 5 5 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 32 Carlisle United 1 34 Charlton Athletic 6 12 Crystal Palace 26 17 Bristol City 43 48 Cheltenham Town 4 8 Chelsea 31 85 Derby County 4 68 Chesterfield 24 1 Darlington 12 12 Everton 6 87 Gillingham 8 6 Colchester United 5 7 Doncaster Rovers 33 n/a Fulham 8 1 Ipswich Town 19 24 Grimsby Town 47 16 Huddersfield Town 38 52 Leeds United 19 79 Millwall 51 11 Hartlepool United 17 26 Hull City 9 1 Leicester City 35 65 Norwich City 22 34 Luton Town 19 3 Kidderminster Harriers Liverpool 55 76 Nottingham Forest 73 114 Notts County 3 8 Leyton Orient 13 4 Manchester City 7 91 Preston North End 34 24 Oldham Athletic 13 17 Lincoln City 35 28 Manchester United 18 111 Reading 17 16 Peterborough United 13 9 Macclesfield Town Middlesbrough 46 66 Rotherham United 15 26 Plymouth Argyle 78 85 Mansfield Town 43 31 Newcastle United 53 99 Sheffield United 43 63 Port Vale 48 39 Northampton Town 5 15 Portsmouth 146 48 Stoke City 28 61 Q.P.R. 48 38 Oxford United 19 8 Southampton 21 23 Sunderland 93 157 Rushden & Diamonds 1 Rochdale 3 4 Tottenham Hotspur 77 71 Walsall 22 9 Sheffield Wednesday 69 93 Scunthorpe United 15 18 Wolverhampton Wand. 35 49 Watford 5 8 Stockport County 27 4 Southend United 5 5 West Bromwich Albion 57 59 Swindon Town 27 44 Swansea City 7 3 West Ham United 48 56 Tranmere Rovers 5 12 Torquay United 3 Wigan Athletic 45 33 Wrexham 12 7 Yeovil Town 3 n/a Wimbledon 4 6 Wycombe Wanderers 1 3 York City 11 12 No Club Affiliation 66 7 No Club Affiliation 16 24 No Club Affiliation 6 1 No Club Affiliation 1 3 1,137 1,35 849 1,5 616 614 48 316 n/a: Arrest figures are not available for the seasons Boston United, Doncaster Rovers and Yeovil Town were not members of the Football League
ARRESTS BY CLUB SUPPORTED & TYPE OF OFFENCE (PREMIER LEAGUE) Where Arrested TABLE 6 Premier League (All Competitions) Total Arrests Home Away Violent Public Throwing Missiles Racist Chanting Pitch Incursion Alcohol Ticket Touting against Property Possession Offensive Weapon Banning Order Peace Misc. Arsenal 45 17 28 5 14 2 1 3 14 1 1 2 2 Aston Villa 81 31 5 1 22 5 3 16 16 9 Birmingham City 57 21 36 3 27 4 19 1 1 2 Blackburn Rovers 46 41 5 6 16 4 1 16 3 Bolton Wanderers 25 7 18 3 12 1 1 7 1 Charlton Athletic 7 1 6 4 1 2 Chelsea 74 57 17 12 21 1 1 3 17 4 2 4 9 Everton 66 21 45 2 18 4 5 6 24 2 5 Fulham 8 4 4 1 2 5 Leeds United 122 54 68 5 29 5 15 39 2 27 Leicester City 43 13 3 1 17 1 1 15 3 5 Liverpool 73 23 5 3 28 1 3 2 8 2 1 7 Manchester City 96 33 63 3 37 3 1 2 33 1 8 3 5 Manchester United 17 8 9 13 61 1 17 58 12 2 6 Middlesbrough 48 1 38 12 8 1 2 3 19 3 Newcastle United 76 3 46 3 19 1 1 5 2 Portsmouth 168 16 62 7 47 2 1 2 33 3 3 6 1 Southampton 28 23 5 6 15 2 3 2 Tottenham Hotspur 96 61 35 6 32 2 1 2 44 1 1 2 5 Wolverhampton W. 42 25 17 7 22 1 1 1 1 1,371 658 713 17 45 33 2 82 444 29 13 9 15 67 39
ARRESTS BY CLUB SUPPORTED & TYPE OF OFFENCE (DIVISION ONE) Where Arrested TABLE 7 Division One (All Competitions) Total Arrests Home Away Violent Public Throwing Missiles Racist Chanting Pitch Incursion Alcohol Ticket Touting against Property Possession Offensive Weapon Banning Order Peace Misc. Bradford City 21 19 2 14 5 1 1 Burnley 35 12 13 18 1 12 3 1 Cardiff City 118 29 89 15 28 1 2 5 49 2 1 2 8 Coventry City 36 18 18 1 21 4 8 1 1 Crewe Alexandra 5 2 3 1 1 2 1 Crystal Palace 35 16 19 1 3 3 11 7 1 Derby County 41 21 2 3 11 2 5 8 2 4 1 1 4 Gillingham 1 3 87 4 3 3 Ipswich Town 23 21 2 3 9 9 1 1 Millwall 59 23 36 5 13 1 2 4 32 2 Norwich City 25 2 5 13 1 9 1 1 Nottingham Forest 74 28 46 8 32 3 2 2 15 5 2 2 3 Preston North End 34 21 13 2 17 1 2 11 1 Reading 19 5 14 9 2 2 5 1 Rotherham United 15 6 9 2 1 11 1 Sheffield United 55 19 36 6 22 2 24 1 Stoke City 33 2 13 3 21 1 8 Sunderland 125 79 46 4 25 7 13 68 2 6 Walsall 22 9 13 3 7 1 1 9 1 Watford 8 1 7 3 2 2 1 West Bromwich Alb. 59 16 43 4 21 2 6 25 1 West Ham United 164 12 152 17 28 2 7 19 1 Wigan Athletic 46 1 36 4 13 4 21 3 1 Wimbledon 4 4 1 1 2 1,66 414 722 183 334 16 2 68 358 2 3 9 15 18 8
ARRESTS BY CLUB SUPPORTED & TYPE OF OFFENCE (DIVISION TWO) Where Arrested TABLE 8 Division Two (All Competitions) Total Arrests Home Away Violent Public Throwing Missiles Racist Chanting Pitch Incursion Alcohol Ticket Touting against Property Possession Offensive Weapon Banning Order Peace Misc. Barnsley 19 3 16 1 6 1 1 1 Blackpool 14 8 6 1 7 1 2 2 1 Bournemouth 2 1 1 1 9 1 1 8 Brentford 7 3 4 3 3 1 Brighton & Hove Alb. 32 1 11 2 18 Bristol City 68 46 22 7 33 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 5 1 Chesterfield 3 8 22 1 2 13 5 Colchester United 17 13 4 1 8 5 1 2 Grimsby Town 49 17 32 1 2 5 4 14 1 1 1 2 Hartlepool United 25 7 18 1 8 1 2 2 8 3 Luton Town 19 1 9 1 6 3 5 4 Notts County 7 3 4 2 1 4 Oldham Athletic 14 5 9 6 1 1 5 1 Peterborough United 21 6 15 6 1 8 1 5 Plymouth Argyle 79 56 23 39 19 1 2 13 1 3 1 Port Vale 49 17 32 16 18 2 7 4 1 1 QPR 53 23 3 4 2 4 5 16 1 1 2 Rushden & Diamonds Sheffield Wednesday 8 28 52 8 26 2 3 28 1 1 11 Stockport County 29 16 13 7 1 2 11 1 4 3 Swindon Town 38 19 19 4 14 2 1 9 5 1 2 Tranmere Rovers 61 52 9 35 5 2 2 7 1 Wrexham 12 7 5 2 5 1 1 3 Wycombe Wanderers 1 1 1 712 357 387 123 249 15 16 55 198 7 6 19 53 3
ARRESTS BY CLUB SUPPORTED & TYPE OF OFFENCE (DIVISION THREE) Where Arrested TABLE 9 Division Three (All Competitions) Total Arrests Home Away Violent Public Throwing Missiles Racist Chanting Pitch Incursion Alcohol Ticket Touting against Property Possession Offensive Weapon Banning Order Peace Misc. Boston United 9 6 3 5 1 1 2 Bristol Rovers 3 11 19 3 17 1 1 8 Bury 12 3 9 1 5 1 5 Cambridge United 6 6 1 5 Carlisle United 1 9 1 2 3 1 2 2 Cheltenham Town 6 2 4 2 2 Darlington 12 8 4 1 1 1 Doncaster Rovers 36 11 25 1 17 3 8 1 1 3 2 Huddersfield Town 58 14 44 1 31 1 2 11 1 5 5 Hull City 97 12 85 64 17 8 8 Kidderminster Harr. Leyton Orient 13 6 7 1 2 5 5 Lincoln City 38 8 3 3 15 1 7 1 1 3 7 Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town 61 3 31 3 3 3 12 5 8 Northampton Town 11 3 8 1 6 1 2 1 Oxford United 24 12 12 1 15 1 2 1 4 Rochdale 3 3 2 1 Scunthorpe United 24 19 5 16 4 3 1 Southend United 8 3 5 3 1 3 1 Swansea City 19 9 1 2 2 1 4 6 1 3 Torquay United 3 3 1 1 1 Yeovil Town 3 2 1 2 1 York City 13 1 3 8 2 3 496 19 36 8 26 6 5 3 73 1 18 4 13 5 7
ARRESTS AT MATCHES WITH AN INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION TABLE 1 SEASON () Competition Internationals Matches (Home and Away) European Club Matches (in England or Wales) European Club Matches (outside of England and Wales) Total 75 (268) 13 (134) 52 (31) Violent 14 (29) 5 (2) 14 (6) Public 27 (52) 31 (78) 13 (15) Throwing Missiles (1) 2 (2) Racist Chanting 2 (3) (1) TYPE OF OFFENCE Pitch Incursion 2 (1) (4) Alcohol 8 (54) 39 (29) Ticket Touting (14) Explanatory Notes 1. International matches - 51% of arrests occurred at England v Croatia match at Ipswich in August. () Offensive Weapons 2. Number of arrests at England and Wales international matches by match: Match Arrests Match Arrests England v Croatia 2/8/3 England v Liechtenstein 1/9/3 England v Denmark 16/11/3 England v Japan 1/6/4 England v Iceland 5/6/4 38 4 18 2 1 () () 12 (4) Portugal v England 18/2/4 France v England 13/6/4 Wales v Scotland 18/2/4 1 (3) () (2) (3) 1 () Banning Order (1) 1 () 1 () 6 1 5 the Peace Offenses against Property 15 (95) 4 () () (7) () 8 () Misc. 7 () 11 (15) 3 (6) 3. Home European Club Competitions There were no large-scale arrests at any European club match played in England or Wales. The largest number of arrests was 2 at Chelsea v Arsenal. The remaining 83 arrests were evenly distributed amongst 34 matches. Some of the arrests were supporters of visiting sides. 4 Away European Club Competitions - estimated 5-6, English fans followed their clubs overseas to 31 competitive European club matches. These matches produced less than 2 arrests per game. 5. Away European Club Competitions - Reports provided by various sources reveal that English fans were subject to unprovoked attacks on several occasions, including significant assaults by missiles and fireworks. At least 2 English fans sustained significant injuries.
ARRESTS BY LOCATION (INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF STADIA) TABLE 11 Type of Offence Violent Public Throwing Missiles Racist chanting Pitch Incursion Alcohol Ticket touting Poss. Offensive Weapons Banning Order Peace Against Property Misc. INSIDE STADIA 88 513 61 61 248 599 8 34 49 18 53 1,732 OUTSIDE STADIA 55 816 11 2 52 83 29 29 187 54 14 2,25 593 1,329 72 63 248 1,119 83 37 63 236 72 67 3,982