Football-Related Arrests and Football Banning Order Statistics, Season
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Football-related arrests and football banning order statistics Season 2013-14 11 September 2014 FOOTBALL-RELATED ARRESTS AND BANNING ORDERS SEASON 2013-14 Statistical Commentary During the 2013-14 season, the total number arrests by Home Office police forces in connection with regulated international and domestic football matches involving teams from, or representing, England and Wales was 2,273. This represents a decrease of 183 arrests, or 7%, on the 2012-13 total. The 2013-14 football-related arrest season total is the lowest on record, continuing the general downwards trend. However, these arrest statistics should be considered in the context that they reflect police activity. Not every incident of violent or disorderly behaviour results in an arrest. In other cases, arrests may be a preventative action. There remains a significant risk of escalation if efforts to prevent and tackle football-related disorder are reduced. The number of football banning orders decreased by 7% to 2,273 on 3 September 2014 from 2,451 on 20 September 2013. This represents 678 new banning orders imposed during the period. Orders are time limited and expiring all the time. The statistics cover all arrests designated in law under Schedule 1 of the Football Spectators Act 1989 reported by police to the UK Football Policing Unit. This includes football specific offences (e.g. pitch incursion, throwing missiles inside a stadium) and a range of generic criminal offences committed in connection with a football match. This covers such arrests at any place within a period of 24 hours either side of a match. This is the second season it has been possible to include British Transport Police’s football-related arrests (total 325, a 3% increase). These have been integrated as far as possible (tables 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13). It is not possible to include these arrests in tables 6 and 8 because some of the incidents resulting in arrests involve followers of two, or more, teams that were not playing against each other that day, nor in table 14 because detailed data are not available. Total attendance at regulated football matches during 2013-14 season in excess of 38 million spectators. The total number of arrests represents less than 0.01% of the total attendance, or 1 arrest for every 16,800 spectators. During the season an average of less than 1 arrest was made per match inside and outside of stadia (Premier League1 1.57 arrests per match, Championship2 1.02, League One 0.51, League Two 0.29). More than 60,000 English and Welsh club fans travelled to Champions League and Europa League matches outside of England and Wales. These 36 matches resulted in just 18 arrests of away fans. 1 380 Premier League matches 2 552 matches in each of the Championship, League One and League Two Statistics on football-related arrests and football banning orders – season 2013-14 During the football season, police Football Intelligence Officers submit a range of data, including arrest information, to the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU). The UKFPU contains the Football Banning Orders Authority which administers all football banning orders. The Home Office collates and publishes football-related arrest and banning order data annually. Statistical Index Table 1 - Total Football Banning Orders as at 3 September 2014, broken down by club supported Table 2 - Football Banning Orders imposed in this reporting period (21/09/13-03/09/14), broken down by club supported Table 3 - Arrests at International and European Club Competition matches and comparison with previous season Table 4 - Arrests and Attendances at regulated football matches season 2013-14 Table 5 - Arrests by location (inside / outside of stadia) Table 6 - Arrests by type of football-related offence Table 7 - Comparison between 2013-14 and 2012-13 seasons football-related arrests (by offence) Table 8 - Comparison between 2013-14 and 2012-13 seasons football-related arrests (by competition) Table 9 - Arrests by Premier League club supported, location of arrest and type of offence Table 10 - Arrests by Championship club supported, location of arrest and type of offence Table 11 - Arrests by League One club supported, location of arrest and type of offence Table 12 - Arrests by League Two club supported, location of arrest and type of offence Table 13 - Arrests by Football Conference National Division club supported, location of arrest and type of offence Table 14 - Football-Related Arrests by Offence – Historic Data since 2000 FOOTBALL BANNING ORDERS BY CLUB SUPPORTED Table 1 Total number of banning orders against risk supporters of each club Total as at 3 September 2014 – 2,273 Premier League Banning Championship Banning League One Banning League Two Banning Other Clubs Banning Orders Orders Orders Orders Orders Arsenal 39 Birmingham City 28 Barnsley 10 Accrington Stanley 0 Aberdeen (Scotland) 1 Aston Villa 31 Blackburn Rovers 29 Bradford City 56 Burton Albion 0 Aldershot Town 2 Burnley 29 Blackpool 6 Bristol City 61 Bury 9 Alfreton Town 8 Chelsea 91 Bolton Wanderers 23 Chesterfield 34 Cambridge United 1 Barrow 1 Crystal Palace 36 AFC Bournemouth 4 Colchester United 1 Carlisle United 6 Bristol Rovers 28 Everton 30 Brentford 15 Coventry City 28 Cheltenham Town 1 Chester 9 Hull City 34 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 Crawley Town 6 Dagenham & Redbridge 16 Darlington 5 Leicester City 28 Cardiff City 93 Crewe Alexandra 13 Exeter City 11 Dundee United (Scotland) 1 Liverpool 40 Charlton Athletic 21 Doncaster Rovers 20 Hartlepool United 22 Fredrikstad (Norway) 1 Manchester City 45 Derby County 25 Fleetwood Town 2 Luton Town 27 Grimsby Town 38 Manchester United 61 Fulham 4 Gillingham 7 Mansfield Town 6 FC Halifax Town 11 Newcastle United 127 Huddersfield Town 42 Leyton Orient 7 Morecambe 1 Hednesford Town 1 Queens Park Rangers 15 Ipswich Town 5 Milton Keynes Dons 1 Newport County 8 Hereford United 5 Southampton 24 Leeds United 52 Notts County 3 Northampton Town 1 Kettering Town 2 Stoke City 24 Middlesbrough 32 Oldham Athletic 10 Oxford United 18 Kidderminster Harriers 6 Sunderland 40 Millwall 72 Peterborough United 6 Plymouth Argyle 13 Lincoln City 23 Swansea City 21 Norwich City 6 Port Vale 15 Portsmouth 14 Lyon (France) 1 Tottenham Hotspur 46 Nottingham Forest 23 Preston North End 5 Shrewsbury Town 26 Macclesfield Town 3 West Bromwich Albion 20 Reading 5 Rochdale 8 Southend United 6 Nuneaton Town 6 West Ham United 67 Rotherham United 16 Scunthorpe United 35 Stevenage 1 Rangers (Scotland) 14 Sheffield Wednesday 35 Sheffield United 30 Tranmere Rovers 4 Salisbury City 1 Watford 4 Swindon Town 24 AFC Wimbledon 2 Sparta Prague (Czech R.) 1 Wigan Athletic 12 Walsall 21 Wycombe Wanderers 1 Staines Town 1 Wolverhampton Wand. 29 Yeovil Town 1 York City 9 Stockport County 18 AFC Telford United 1 Torquay United 8 Woking 1 Worcester City 1 Wrexham 20 Zenit St Pet’sburg (Russia) 1 None 1 TOTAL 848 TOTAL 598 TOTAL 404 TOTAL 203 TOTAL 220 FOOTBALL BANNING ORDERS IMPOSED IN THIS REPORTING PERIOD, BY CLUB SUPPORTED Table 2 Table shows the number of banning orders imposed against risk supporters between 21 September 2013 (the date following cut-off for the table published in the 2012-13 season statistics) and 3 September 2014 (total 678) Total as at 3rd September 2014 – 2,273 Premier League Banning Championship Banning League One Banning League Two Banning Other Clubs Banning Orders Orders Orders Orders Orders Arsenal 11 Birmingham City 3 Barnsley 7 Accrington Stanley 0 Aberdeen (Scotland) 1 Aston Villa 1 Blackburn Rovers 15 Bradford City 3 Burton Albion 0 Aldershot Town 0 Burnley 8 Blackpool 2 Bristol City 14 Bury 2 Alfreton Town 2 Chelsea 7 Bolton Wanderers 5 Chesterfield 22 Cambridge United 1 Barrow 0 Crystal Palace 15 AFC Bournemouth 1 Colchester United 0 Carlisle United 2 Bristol Rovers 14 Everton 12 Brentford 6 Coventry City 5 Cheltenham Town 0 Chester 3 Hull City 5 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 Crawley Town 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 10 Darlington 0 Leicester City 1 Cardiff City 11 Crewe Alexandra 4 Exeter City 1 Dundee United (Scotland) 1 Liverpool 14 Charlton Athletic 11 Doncaster Rovers 12 Hartlepool United 10 Fredrikstad (Norway) 0 Manchester City 14 Derby County 4 Fleetwood Town 1 Luton Town 11 Grimsby Town 10 Manchester United 12 Fulham 2 Gillingham 1 Mansfield Town 2 FC Halifax Town 4 Newcastle United 95 Huddersfield Town 5 Leyton Orient 1 Morecambe 1 Hednesford Town 1 Queens Park Rangers 4 Ipswich Town 2 Milton Keynes Dons 0 Newport County 1 Hereford United 1 Southampton 4 Leeds United 6 Notts County 0 Northampton Town 0 Kettering Town 0 Stoke City 8 Middlesbrough 2 Oldham Athletic 2 Oxford United 0 Kidderminster Harriers 2 Sunderland 18 Millwall 16 Peterborough United 1 Plymouth Argyle 9 Lincoln City 14 Swansea City 1 Norwich City 0 Port Vale 13 Portsmouth 2 Lyon (France) 0 Tottenham Hotspur 8 Nottingham Forest 9 Preston North End 2 Shrewsbury Town 21 Macclesfield Town 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 Reading 1 Rochdale 2 Southend United 1 Nuneaton Town 2 West Ham United 16 Rotherham United 11 Scunthorpe United 4 Stevenage 0 Rangers (Scotland) 0 Sheffield Wednesday 18 Sheffield United 7 Tranmere Rovers 1 Salisbury City 0 Watford 1 Swindon Town 2 AFC Wimbledon 2 Sparta Prague (Czech R.) 0 Wigan Athletic 4 Walsall 15 Wycombe Wanderers 0 Staines Town 0 Wolverhampton Wand. 10 Yeovil Town 1 York City 0 Stockport County 5 AFC Telford United 0 Torquay United 0 Woking 1 Worcester City 1 Wrexham 13 Zenit St Pet’sburg (Russia) 0 None 1 TOTAL 256 TOTAL 148 TOTAL 120 TOTAL 77 TOTAL 77 ARRESTS IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES (outside of England and Wales) Table 3 2013-14 Season TYPE OF OFFENCE (2012-13 Season in brackets) Violent Possession Breach of Offences Public Missile Racist Pitch Alcohol Ticket Pyrotechnic Disorder of Banning against Competition Total Disorder Throwing Chanting Incursion Offences Touting Devices Offensive Order Property Weapon International 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 Matches (4) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (1) (0) (0) (0) (0) (3) European Club 18 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 Matches (20) (3) (17) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) Explanatory Notes:- 1.