Football-related arrests, banning orders: 2025 to 2026 domestic season
Official statistics on football-related arrests, football banning orders, reported incidents at football matches and online hate and abuse connected to football.
Applies to England and Wales
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Statistics on football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales, includes data, trends and football club comparisons for the 2025 to 2026 domestic football season (including regulated football matches played in and outside England and Wales). Additional statistics, covering international tournaments held in the summer of 2026 and any revisions to the domestic football season data, will be published in autumn 2026.
The release also provides information on reported incidents of football-related violence, disorder, anti-social behaviour and harm connected to football.
The Home Office statistician responsible for the statistics in this release is Jenny Bradley.
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