A Home Office survey revealed which clubs had the most football-related-arrests last season, with the total figure hitting a nine-year high.
Topping the list were West Ham fans, with the club seeing 89 arrests for football-related incidents in the 2022/23 season, according to a Home Office report.
The survey also revealed there had been 2,264 football-related arrests that year in England and Wales, the most since 2013/14. However, football matches had a combined attendance of 45.4million people last season which amounts to an arrest rate of just 0.005 per cent, or five arrests for every 100,000 people.
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A total of 27 arrests of West Ham fans were for public disorder, while another 23 were for throwing missiles, by far the highest number of arrests for the latter crime.
Manchester United had the next highest number of arrests with a total of 83. Moreover, the Old Trafford club also had the most number of supporters with a banning order (69), ahead of Millwall on 66,
In terms of arrests, Leeds had the third most with 69, while Manchester City and Arsenal completed the top five with 66 and 51 respectively.
The Gunners’ north London rivals Tottenham also had 51 football-related arrests last season while Burnley had 50.
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Leicester City (49) and Everton (48) were next on the list while Birmingham City and Millwall are in joint tenth on 47 arrests each.
Here is the Home Office’s full list of arrests:
West Ham United 89
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Leeds United 69
Manchester City 66
Arsenal 51
Tottenham Hotspur 51
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Burnley 50
Leicester City 49
Everton 48
Birmingham City 47
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Millwall 47
Chelsea 45
Newcastle United 39
Southampton 39
Bolton Wanderers 35
Middlesbrough 35
Peterborough United 35
Derby County 34
Blackburn Rovers 31
Hull City 30
Plymouth Argyle 30
Sunderland 30
Blackpool 29
Liverpool 27
Sheffield United 27
Wolverhampton Wanderers 27
Lincoln City 26
Stoke City 26
Torquay United 26
Barrow 25
Cambridge United 25
Coventry City 24
Sheffield Wednesday 24
Aston Villa 23
Barnsley 23
Nottingham Forest 23
Bradford City 22
Swansea City 21
Brighton & Hove Albion 19
Reading 19
Southend United 19
Exeter City 18
Notts County 18
Cardiff City 17
Wrexham 17
Brentford 16
Luton Town 16
Portsmouth 16
Bristol Rovers 15
Oldham Athletic 15
Bristol City 14
Crewe Alexandra 14
Grimsby Town 14
Huddersfield Town 14
Mansfield Town 14
Watford 14
Chesterfield 13
Oxford United 13
Preston North End 13
Stockport County 13
Swindon Town 13
Carlisle United 11
Milton Keynes Dons 11
Rochdale 11
West Bromwich Albion 11
Gillingham 10
Port Vale 10
Queens Park Rangers 10
Charlton Athletic 9
Doncaster Rovers 9
Fulham 9
Hartlepool United 9
Norwich City 9
Ipswich Town 8
Scunthorpe United 8
Walsall 8
Wigan Athletic 8
AFC Bournemouth 7
Shrewsbury Town 7
Stevenage 6
York City 6
AFC Wimbledon 5
Crawley Town 5
FC Halifax Town 5
Fleetwood Town 5
Rotherham United 4
Tranmere Rovers 4
Cheltenham Town 3
Forest Green Rovers 3
Leyton Orient 3
Newport County 3
Wealdstone 3
Aldershot Town 2
Bromley 2
Maidenhead United 2
Maidstone United 2
Northampton Town 2
Wycombe Wanderers 2
Accrington Stanley 1
Barnet 1
Burton Albion 1
Colchester United 1
Dagenham & Redbridge 1
Dorking Wanderers 1
Altrincham 0
Boreham Wood 0
Eastleigh 0
Gateshead 0
Harrogate Town 0
Morecambe 0
Salford City 0
Solihull Moors 0
Sutton United 0
Woking 0
Yeovil Town 0
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