Football related arrests and banning orders are decreasing

[phantom]

Football-related arrests have fallen once more and remain at historically low levels, according to Government statistics released today.

There were 1,638 football-related arrests in 2016-17, a 14% decrease of 257 on the previous season – equivalent to just four arrests per 100,000 match-going supporters.

The Home Office figures are the latest to show a long term drop in the number of football-related arrests. Almost halving over the last seven seasons: from 3,089 to 1,638 (a 47% drop).

FSF casework Amanda Jacks said: “It’s very pleasing to see arrests remaining at historically low levels.

“Any match-going fan will know that the overwhelming majority of football supporters are well behaved and that match days largely pass without incident – these figures reflect that.

 “Over the last seven seasons we’ve seen significant improvements to football policing, supporter behaviour and fans’ involvement in match-day planning. These have all contributed to a better match-day experience.”

Of the 1,638 football-related arrests, the three most common offence types were public disorder (31%), violent disorder (21%) and alcohol offences (16%). The EFL Championship contributed most to the arrest total (28%) and Birmingham City recorded most arrests for any individual club (71).

Football related arrests compare favourably to other large scale public events. At this year’s V-Festival in Birmingham, there were 42 arrests in total from the 90,000-strong crowd. Elsewhere there were 14 arrests at Chester Races’ May festival from 60,000 spectators.

“This demonstrates how safe football is and how misleading media coverage around disorder at the football can be,” Amanda said.

“It’s important to understand that the legislation around football is the most restrictive of any major past time in this county.

“Football fans face arrest for actions or behaviour that simply don’t exist as offences at any other event such as drinking alcohol in sight of the field of play.”

As well as arrests declining, the number of active banning orders in 2016-17 also fell by 7% while the number of new banning orders issued fell by 5% compared to the previous season.

The FSF and legal campaigners have long been promoting legal representation for football fans in trouble at the match and lifting the lid on the use of banning orders.

The full report is here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/football-related-arrests-and-banning-orders-england-and-wales-season-2016-to-2017/football-related-arrests-and-banning-order-statistics-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017-season

 

The top 10

The clubs in England and Wales with the highest number of banning orders on August 7 were:

1. Newcastle United - 111

2. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 75

3. West Ham United - 57

4. Millwall - 55

5. Manchester United - 49

6. Liverpool - 44

7. Barnsley - 43

8. Chelsea - 42

9. Birmingham City - 41

10. Burnley - 39

= Bristol City - 39

= Bristol Rovers - 39

Premier League

*Total 507

AFC Bournemouth 4

Arsenal 23

Burnley 39

Chelsea 42

Crystal Palace 22

Everton 30

Hull City 21

Leicester City 10

Liverpool 44

Manchester City 18

Manchester United 49

Middlesbrough 33

Southampton 16

Stoke City 12

Sunderland 23

Swansea City 10

Tottenham Hotspur 28

Watford 10

West Bromwich Albion 16

West Ham United 57

Championship

*Total 620

Aston Villa 31

Barnsley 43

Birmingham City 41

Blackburn Rovers 13

Brentford 13

Brighton & Hove Albion 20

Bristol City 39

Burton Albion 0

Cardiff City 25

Derby County 34

Fulham 4

Huddersfield Town 9

Ipswich Town 9

Leeds United 36

Newcastle United 111

Norwich City 2

Nottingham Forest 35

Preston North End 5

Queens Park Rangers 27

Reading 16

Rotherham United 13

Sheffield Wednesday 17

Wigan Athletic 2

Wolverhampton Wanderers 75

League One

*Total 391

AFC Wimbledon 5

Bolton Wanderers 18

Bradford City 11

Bristol Rovers 39

Bury 7

Charlton Athletic 28

Chesterfield 15

Coventry City 20

Fleetwood Town 3

Gillingham 6

Millwall 55

Milton Keynes Dons 0

Northampton Town 7

Oldham Athletic 6

Oxford United 7

Peterborough United 20

Port Vale 11

Rochdale 2

Scunthorpe United 10

Sheffield United 37

Shrewsbury Town 16

Southend United 25

Swindon Town 13

Walsall 30

*Total 250

League Two

Accrington Stanley 0

Barnet 2

Blackpool 14

Cambridge United 12

Carlisle United 18

Cheltenham Town 0

Colchester United 6

Crawley Town 2

Crewe Alexandra 11

Doncaster Rovers 11

Exeter City 10

Grimsby Town 32

Hartlepool United 13

Leyton Orient 5

Luton Town 22

Mansfield Town 17

Morecambe 2

Newport County 11

Notts County 4

Plymouth Argyle 37

Portsmouth 17

Stevenage 3

Wycombe Wanderers 1

Yeovil Town 0

National League

*Total 90

Aldershot Town 5

Barrow 5

Boreham Wood 0

Braintree Town 0

Bromley 0

Chester 8

Dagenham & Redbridge 2

Dover Athletic 0

Eastleigh 0

Forest Green Rovers 0

Gateshead 1

Guiseley 0

Lincoln City 30

Macclesfield Town 4

Maidstone United 0

North Ferriby United 0

Solihull Motors 0

Southport 0

Sutton United 1

Torquay United 1

Tranmere Rovers 15

Woking 1

Wrexham 14

York City 3

Other clubs

*Total 71

Aberdeen 2

AFC Telford United 5

Altrincham 1

Atherstone Town 21

Blyth Spartans 1

Boston United 1

Darlington 2

FC Halifax Town 6

Galatasaray 4

Hednesford Town 1

Hereford United 1

Kidderminster Harriers 1

Nuneaton Town 5

Rangers 6

Stalybridge Celtic 3

Stockport County 5

Tamworth 1

Worcester City 1

Not Known 4

[phantom]

To put this all in comparison ;

The Grand National had 5 arrests per 100k

Royal Ascot 9 per 100k 

Henley Regatta 16 per 100k 

Notting Hill Carnival 30 per 100k

Glastonbury Festival 53 per 100k 

[Red Army 75]

I still can’t believe if you got a pint in your hand. You’re told you can’t watch the game. If you can see the pitch. (Obviously not from the stands )Unbelievable ruling 

[gordie]

2 minutes ago, phantom said:

To put this all in comparison ;

The Grand National had 5 arrests per 100k

Royal Ascot 9 per 100k 

Henley Regatta 16 per 100k 

Notting Hill Carnival 30 per 100k

Glastonbury Festival 53 per 100k 

Yet supporters are still treated like shit

[Red Army 75]

3 minutes ago, gordie said:

Yet supporters are still treated like shit

Probably why they put the excessive amount of police in the south stand. Against Cardiff. Need the numbers back up . Yet that I’ve seen any trouble in the south stand. Strange how fans get treated 

[RedLionLad]

CCTV has helped to reduce the numbers, along with other things.

Youth culture has changed. Youth club's have all but disappeared.......along with Council estate pubs. There are no gangs like there was back in the 70's and 80's. The music isn't so aggressive, unemployment was higher. We didn't have the Internet to educate us. Comprehensive schools have become academies.......and football stadiums have seats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Red Army 75]

2 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

CCTV has helped to reduce the numbers, along with other things.

Youth culture has changed. Youth club's have all but disappeared.......along with Council estate pubs. There are no gangs like there was back in the 70's and 80's. The music isn't so aggressive, unemployment was higher. We didn't have the Internet to educate us. Comprehensive schools have become academies.......and football stadiums have seats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well put 

[T R]

Do any of these figures include european games, england internationals and world cup?  This is where most of the bad press for football comes from.

[phantom]

9 minutes ago, Threshing Red said:

Do any of these figures include european games, england internationals and world cup?  This is where most of the bad press for football comes from.

They include England fixtures 

[phantom]

I wonder whether @JulieHis allowed to give the number of arrests at Ashton Gate in the same time period for football and rugby matches? 

[T R]

6 minutes ago, phantom said:

They include England fixtures 

Thanks, i didn't read the link first!  I've read that in the next world cup you need to have id cards before you enter the stadium.

[Northern Red]

13 minutes ago, phantom said:

They include England fixtures 

Home games only though, where there hasn't been major trouble for years now. 

[Red Army 75]

5 minutes ago, Threshing Red said:

Thanks, i didn't read the link first!  I've read that in the next world cup you need to have id cards before you enter the stadium.

That’s so they can return the bodies. And locate the families. 

[Betty Swallocks]

Burton need to up their game if they are to become a true Championship club.

Intrigued as to what Atherstone Town have been up to for them to have 21 banning orders.

[Northern Red]

4 minutes ago, Betty Swallocks said:

Burton need to up their game if they are to become a true Championship club.

Intrigued as to what Atherstone Town have been up to for them to have 21 banning orders.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/atherstone-town-fa-cup-thugs-10419110

[Betty Swallocks]

6 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/atherstone-town-fa-cup-thugs-10419110

Ta! They looked like a right scruffy mob of lads, sure they weren’t Rovers fans? 

[Paul Lumber]

To be honest I don't understand why grown me go go-karting I think it's very mindless and childish, grown men going around and around in circles acting like they are ten year olds all over again.

I know what I would rather do, football with my mates any day of the week

[Mr Popodopolous]

This reduction in figures is good news.

On a specific point, I'm sure you all know this.

However the most ridiculous law and draconian one for me is the alcohol one.

The bit I'm sure you all know is you can not only get sent back to non viewing pitch by a steward. For mere 'offence' of standing in the concourse and drinking there in view of pitch, you can be arrested!?

I mean it's statistically highly unlikely but I have read of cases...

[JulieH]

1 hour ago, phantom said:

I wonder whether @JulieHis allowed to give the number of arrests at Ashton Gate in the same time period for football and rugby matches? 

Yes I can, just check for period 2016-2017, comparison of arrests for football against rugby arrests at home fixtures?

i can do this next week as will need to check figures from the national database that collates these numbers .

[Fiale]

Hmmm

 

 

The number of new football banning orders issued to Bristol City fans skyrocketed last season.
Robins fans were issued with 17 new banning orders last season according to the latest data released by the Home Office.

That’s up from just one new one the season before.

 

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-fans-feature-among-820665

 

[cider-manc]

22 hours ago, phantom said:

To put this all in comparison ;

The Grand National had 5 arrests per 100k

Royal Ascot 9 per 100k 

Henley Regatta 16 per 100k 

Notting Hill Carnival 30 per 100k

Glastonbury Festival 53 per 100k 

In 2010 when take that played 8 nights at the etihad stadium there were more arrests made than there were football related arrests in Greater Manchester over the previous 5 seasons in total. 

Yet I can't have a pint in view of a game. 

[JulieH]

2 hours ago, Fiale said:

Hmmm

 

 

The number of new football banning orders issued to Bristol City fans skyrocketed last season.
Robins fans were issued with 17 new banning orders last season according to the latest data released by the Home Office.

That’s up from just one new one the season before.

 

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-fans-feature-among-820665

 

Almost all of them came from one incident at the Cardiff away game . I can’t see a date on the newspaper report but I am sure that was the case. 

[CotswoldRed]

On 23/11/2017 at 17:20, phantom said:

I wonder whether @JulieHis allowed to give the number of arrests at Ashton Gate in the same time period for football and rugby matches? 

Dont see why not. It's nothing they could hold back, faced with a freedom of information request. 

[Northamptonshire Red]

MK Dons 0, no surprise there.

[BigTone]

Thank god for unleaded petrol

[Dollymarie]

I’ve edited a couple of posts which were quoting the massive post in here. Stops it taking ages to scroll through the thread  

[phantom]

Chief inspector for Wales 

[RaspberryRed]

29 minutes ago, phantom said:

Chief inspector for Wales 

@Inspector Mark Cleland I'd like to report a 'font' crime 

[cidered abroad]

I was at the Wales v NZ game with another City fan and the continual coming and going to/from the bar/toilets was a pain in the ass and really spoiled what was a very good game of rugby. 

And afterwards the numbers of drunks trying to jump the queues for trains necessitated at least half a dozen police to be there to keep order.

Frankly, it's about time that the sale of alcohol during a rugby match is stopped as it causes so much nuisance to those who want to watch the game. Football fans don't realise how lucky they are!

[Lanterne Rouge]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42165978

 

 

20 hours ago, cidered abroad said:

I was at the Wales v NZ game with another City fan and the continual coming and going to/from the bar/toilets was a pain in the ass and really spoiled what was a very good game of rugby. 

And afterwards the numbers of drunks trying to jump the queues for trains necessitated at least half a dozen police to be there to keep order.

Frankly, it's about time that the sale of alcohol during a rugby match is stopped as it causes so much nuisance to those who want to watch the game. Football fans don't realise how lucky they are!