Football-related arrests on the rise
Football ticket sales site, ticketgum.com, has considered the issue of hooliganism on British Rails by analysing data from the Home Office and a Freedom of Information request, released by the BTP, about football-related arrests in 2016.
There were some interesting discoveries:
* For the 2015-2016 season, West Ham had the most reported incidents of all Premier League clubs
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Hide Ad* 22% of all football-arrests are made by the British Transport Police
* 60% of these are due to public disorder
* 20% of these arrests are made during Premier League matches.
* There was an increase of 36 incidents of ‘violent disorder’ last year.
* Burnley fans were involved in 4% of the incidents
On this matter, the British Transport Police stated the following, “We adopt a proactive approach to football policing, with officers escorting trains before and after matches and patrolling stations where large numbers of fans are expected.”