Manchester United had the very best variety of followers arrested in the course of the 2024-25 season for both coming into or being inside stadiums in possession of Class A medicine, new statistics have revealed.
Dwelling Workplace knowledge has revealed there have been 1,932 football-related arrests regarding matches performed in England and Wales final season, representing an 11 per cent lower from the earlier marketing campaign.
In complete, 1,803 football-related arrests concerned supporters of golf equipment within the high six tiers in English soccer final season.
The determine represents a marked 12 per cent drop from the earlier marketing campaign, when 2,023 followers have been arrested. It’s the first drop since followers returned to stadiums following Covid-19.
Nevertheless, maybe essentially the most alarming statistic, the numbers additionally revealed an enormous rise in followers arrested for the possession of Class A medicine over the past three seasons.
After 200 arrests have been made in 2022-23, that quantity has motive to 344 in 2023-24, and now 378 in 2024-15, marking a 189 per cent enhance on the preliminary quantity.
Man United had the very best variety of followers arrested final season, in line with Dwelling Workplace knowledge
The variety of followers arrested for possession of Class A medicine elevated for the second consecutive season
| Membership | Complete arrests | |
|---|---|---|
| Man United | 27 | |
| West Ham | 26 | |
| Newcastle | 24 | |
| Liverpool | 18 | |
| Man Metropolis | 15 | |
| Everton | 14 | |
| Leeds | 13 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | |
| Southampton | 12 | |
| Tottenham | 12 |
In complete, Manchester United noticed essentially the most followers arrested for coming into or being inside a stadium win possession of Class A medicine throughout final season with 27.
West Ham (26), Newcastle (24), Liverpool (18), Manchester Metropolis (15), Everton (14), Leeds (13), Sheffield Wednesday (12), Southampton (12) and Tottenham (12) additionally noticed excessive numbers of arrests for a similar offence.
Man United have been confirmed to have had essentially the most quantity of followers arrested in the course of the season with 121.
In complete, 49 per cent of these arrested got here in the course of the Crimson Devils’ matches at their Previous Trafford house, which at 74,310 is the largest within the Premier League. Violent dysfunction and public dysfunction have been the most typical offence, with 34 arrests made.
Earlier this week, a Man United season ticket holder was given a three-year Soccer Banning Order for slapping Man Metropolis star Jack Grealish after the Manchester derby in April. The fan was additionally fined £120, and ordered to pay £85 prices and a surcharge of £48.
Man Metropolis had the second highest variety of arrests at 94, with West Ham in third on 77. West Ham had beforehand had the very best variety of supporters arrested for 3 consecutive seasons.
Chelsea and Aston Villa accomplished the highest 5 with 76 and 71 arrests respectively. Aston Villa had the largest enhance having had 26 followers arrested the earlier season.
Man United, Man Metropolis, Chelsea and Aston Villa have been all concerned in European competitors final season, whereas West Ham have been solely concerned in home motion with the Hammers out of Europe after three straight years.
Police clashed with Manchester United followers at a protest in opposition to the Glazer possession in March
Severe confrontations flared between Man United and Rangers followers at Previous Trafford in January
Arsenal had the sharpest decline within the variety of followers arrested final season with a drop of 43. This adopted the Gunners having the most important enhance within the 2023-24 season with 34.
The Dwelling Workplace acknowledged that there was a better proportion of arrests of away supporters, with 980 arrested in the course of the season compared at 806 at house video games.
Whereas 89 per cent – 1,725 arrests – associated to matches in home competitions in England and Wales, the figures revealed 10 per cent – 189 arrests – got here from matches performed in European competitions. One per cent – 18 arrests – got here from worldwide matches.
An extra 31 arrests associated to matches performed exterior of England and Wales, with none recorded in worldwide fixtures held overseas.
The Dwelling Workplace added that the most typical arrest sort was for public dysfunction, which accounted for 32 per cent. This was adopted by violent dysfunction at 22 per cent and the possession of Class A drug at 19 per cent.
The latter was at its highest degree because it grew to become a Schedule 1 offence in November 2022, with arrests rising from an preliminary 9 per cent in 2022-23.
From June 1, there have been 2,439 banning orders in place with 685 new orders issued over a 10-month interval from August 1, 2024, to Could 31. (1 August 2024 to 31 Could 2025)
The banning orders forestall people from attending matches within the UK and might result in followers being ordered at hand over passports to police earlier than abroad matches and tournaments.
The determine is the very best quantity for the reason that finish of the 2012-12 season, whereas the whole is up by 12 per cent from the tip of the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
West Ham had the very best variety of followers with banning orders for the second consecutive season, up from 93 to 112.
Man United have the second highest with 108, adopted by Chelsea on 80. Their banning orders elevated from 89 and 54 respectively. Man Metropolis and Leicester spherical off the highest 5 with 76 and 70 banning orders in place.
The Dwelling Workplace acknowledged that in the course of the 2024 to 2025 season, West Ham, Chelsea and Manchester United supporters have been issued the very best variety of new soccer banning orders, with 39, 31 and 28 respectively.
Policing Minister, Dame Diana Johnson, acknowledged that the info displays the efforts made to cease violence and dysfunction round soccer matches, with £2.5m supplied yearly to assist fund the UK Soccer Policing Unit.
‘Police up and down the nation work extremely onerous to make sure soccer stadiums are secure, so we will all get pleasure from our nationwide sport,’ she mentioned.
‘Immediately’s statistics present that these efforts are paying off and powerful motion is being taken to cease violence and dysfunction from ruining soccer.
‘As a part of our Plan for Change, we’re persevering with to make soccer safer for the thousands and thousands of devoted followers, funding the UK Soccer Policing Unit and increasing drug testing on arrest at soccer matches for sure offences.’
In complete, 1,803 football-related arrests concerned supporters of golf equipment within the high six tiers in English soccer final season
Regardless of the lower in arrests, the variety of matches with reported incidents elevated by 18 per cent from 1,341 to 1,583.
Hate crime was essentially the most generally reported incident at 420 matches, adopted by the throwing of missiles and use of pyrotechnics at 363 and 319 matches, respectively.
Of the hate crime reviews, 287 incidents associated to race, 140 to sexual orientation, 20 to faith, 19 to incapacity and three to gender identification.
The variety of hate crime reviews was up from 341 within the 2023-24 season.
On-line hate crime incidents recorded decreased from 322 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign to 212 final season.
Of those, 199 associated to males’s and 13 associated to girls’s soccer.
