Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish data on the number of investigations carried out into online race hate incidents related to football since the introduction of this as a specific offence in 2022.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes data on the number of football-related race hate incidents in England and Wales in the annual ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics release. The latest data covering the 2024 to 2025 domestic football season and can be accessed at the following link: Football-related arrests and banning orders statistics - GOV.UK
Data on the number of football-related race hate incidents for each of the last five years are available in table 11 of the accompanying data tables and are provided below:
Table 1: Matches with reported incidents of hate crime relating to race, England and Wales, 2019/20 season to 2024/25 season
Season | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Hate crime - Race | 214 | 2 | 283 | 248 | 226 | 287 |
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of investigations carried out into online race hate incidents related to football.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish figures showing the number of race hate incidents reported that were football related for each of the past five years since 2020.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes data on the number of football-related race hate incidents in England and Wales in the annual ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics release. The latest data covering the 2024 to 2025 domestic football season and can be accessed at the following link: Football-related arrests and banning orders statistics - GOV.UK
Data on the number of football-related race hate incidents for each of the last five years are available in table 11 of the accompanying data tables and are provided below:
Table 1: Matches with reported incidents of hate crime relating to race, England and Wales, 2019/20 season to 2024/25 season
Season | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Hate crime - Race | 214 | 2 | 283 | 248 | 226 | 287 |
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of investigations carried out into online race hate incidents related to football.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish figures setting out the number of incidents of reported race hate crimes for each of the past five year since 2020.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes official statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information on race hate crimes for the last five years can be found here: Hate crime, England and Wales, year ending March 2025 - GOV.UK
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many arrests for the offence of entering the playing areas at football grounds have led to football banning orders in the past three football seasons.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Home Office publishes annual figures on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests in England and Wales in the ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics publication. The latest data cover the 2021 to 2022 football season and are available here: Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: 2021 to 2022 season - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests for pitch incursion since the 2010 to 2011 season are published in tables 1 and 5 of the accompanying data tables.
There were 516 new banning orders issued in the 2021 to 2022 football season, down by 46% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
There were 313 football-related arrests for pitch incursion in the 2021 to 2022 football season, up by 30% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
Data on arrests for the offence of entering the playing area at a designated football match that have led to the imposition of football banning orders is not held. A football banning order is a preventative measure which is not issued as part of a sentence, or solely based on an individual’s conviction offence. In deciding whether to make a banning order, a court may consider a range of prosecution evidence in support of a banning order application.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many arrests have been made following pitch invasions in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Home Office publishes annual figures on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests in England and Wales in the ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics publication. The latest data cover the 2021 to 2022 football season and are available here: Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: 2021 to 2022 season - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests for pitch incursion since the 2010 to 2011 season are published in tables 1 and 5 of the accompanying data tables.
There were 516 new banning orders issued in the 2021 to 2022 football season, down by 46% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
There were 313 football-related arrests for pitch incursion in the 2021 to 2022 football season, up by 30% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
Data on arrests for the offence of entering the playing area at a designated football match that have led to the imposition of football banning orders is not held. A football banning order is a preventative measure which is not issued as part of a sentence, or solely based on an individual’s conviction offence. In deciding whether to make a banning order, a court may consider a range of prosecution evidence in support of a banning order application.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many football banning orders have been issued in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Home Office publishes annual figures on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests in England and Wales in the ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics publication. The latest data cover the 2021 to 2022 football season and are available here: Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: 2021 to 2022 season - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests for pitch incursion since the 2010 to 2011 season are published in tables 1 and 5 of the accompanying data tables.
There were 516 new banning orders issued in the 2021 to 2022 football season, down by 46% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
There were 313 football-related arrests for pitch incursion in the 2021 to 2022 football season, up by 30% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
Data on arrests for the offence of entering the playing area at a designated football match that have led to the imposition of football banning orders is not held. A football banning order is a preventative measure which is not issued as part of a sentence, or solely based on an individual’s conviction offence. In deciding whether to make a banning order, a court may consider a range of prosecution evidence in support of a banning order application.