Statistics on football-related arrests and banning orders 2003-2004
Statistical highlights of the 2003-2004 report on football-related offences
- arrests for football related offences down by 10%, 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 2004, from 1,794 on 14 August 2003
- targeted police operations resulted in hundreds of high quality football banning orders. 1,263 new bans were made between 15 August 2003 and 18 October 2004
- arrest levels remain low – the highest league attendances for 34 years, 29,197,510 produced 3,010 arrests - an arrest rate of 0.01%
- vast majority of matches remain trouble-free – 50% of Premiership, 72% of 1st Division, 82% of 2nd Division and 89% of 3rd Division matches had one arrest or less. Overall, during the 2003–2004 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 70 reflecting a highly successful Euro 2004 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.
Date: Sat Oct 23 00:00:00 BST 2004
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