Leeds United place in football's arrest table as West Ham top list of shame

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The Home Office have released the latest figures for football-related arrests and banning orders for last season, with Leeds United

West Ham United have topped the table for football-related arrests over the 2022-23 season, with Leeds United two places further down the table in third.

A total of 27 arrests were for public disorder, while another 23 were for throwing missiles. That’s by far the highest number of arrests for throwing missiles. Manchester United had the next highest number of arrests with a total of 83.Leeds United have the next most with 69, followed by Manchester City with 66, Arsenal with 51, Tottenham with 51 and Burnley with 50. There were a total of 2,264 football-related arrests in the top five divisions in England and Wales last season.

However, football matches had a combined attendance of 45.4 million people last season according to the Home Office figures. That suggests an arrest rate of just 0.005%, or five arrests for every 100,000 people.2015/16 - 1,8952022/23 - 2,264 Religious hate crime increased from 14 to 21 last season, while disability hate crime rose from eight to 15, and gender identity from three to four.

 

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