FOI 17475-25 Various Offences at Football Grounds
Request to Northamptonshire Police
For the 24/25 football season (between August 2024 - May 2025) how many people were arrested at football matches. I would like this broken-down into homophobic abuse, racism, violence, drug offences, other.
I would like the same information for the 23/24 season (between August 2023 - May 2024), the 22/23 season (between August 2022-May 2023) and 2018/19 (August 2018-May 2019).
If possible I would also like this information by club/or ground where he incident took place.
Response
Please be advised that some of the information has been withheld under s40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is because exceptionally low numbers could result in these individuals’ identities being revealed. To release this information to the world at large would breach the first principle of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR.
|
2018/2019 Offences |
Violence |
Drug Offences |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|
|
No Hate Crime Flag |
<5 |
|
|
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Sexual Orientation |
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Racial |
|
|
|
|
Total |
<5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Club/Ground |
2018/2019 |
|---|---|
|
Corby Town Football Club |
<5 |
|
Grand Total |
<5 |
|
2022/2023 Offences |
Violence |
Drug Offences |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|
|
No Hate Crime Flag |
<5 |
|
<5 |
|
Sexual Orientation |
|
|
|
|
Racial |
|
|
|
|
Total |
<5 |
0 |
<5 |
|
Club/Ground |
2022/2023 |
|---|---|
|
Irchester Recreation Ground |
<5 |
|
Long Bucky Football Club |
<5 |
|
Northampton Town Football Club |
<5 |
|
Grand Total |
<5 |
|
2023/2024 Offences |
Violence |
Drug Offences |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|
|
No Hate Crime Flag |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
|
Sexual Orientation |
|
|
|
|
Racial |
|
|
|
|
Total |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
|
Club/Ground |
2023/2024 |
|---|---|
|
Northampton Town Football Club |
6 |
|
Grand Total |
6 |
|
2024/2025 Offences |
Violence |
Drug Offences |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|
|
No Hate Crime Flag |
|
<5 |
<5 |
|
Sexual Orientation |
|
|
|
|
Racial |
|
|
<5 |
|
Total |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
|
Club/Ground |
2024/2025 |
|---|---|
|
Kettering Town Football Club |
<5 |
|
Northampton Town Football Club |
<5 |
|
Grand Total |
<5 |
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