HC Deb 04 July 1990 vol 175 cc568-73W
Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Wentworth (Mr. Hardy) on 25 June,Official Report, columns 44–46, if he will detail the specific grants given to Bradford, Wandsworth and Westminster.

Mr. Chope

[holding answer 2 July 1990]: The information, as given on the local authorities' 1990–91 budget returns, is as follows:

Wales, the total number of arrests at such matches, and the number of arrests as a percentage of the total attendance, accurate to four decimal places, for the seasons 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1990, c. 483]: The Association of Chief Police Officers is today publishing figures supplied by individual police forces relating to attendances and arrests at Football League matches in England and Wales during the season 1989–90. These figures are some guide to the level of offences committed at such football matches. The figures do not record the outcome or seriousness of the cases involved. Figures for individual clubs relate to arrests at the home ground in question, involving supporters of any club.

Total figures for the last three seasons are:

1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Attendances 17,968,965 18,366,143 19,360,194
Arrests 6,106 6,185 5,945
Arrests as percentage of attendance 0.0340 0.0337 0.0307

This indicates a 5.4 per cent. rise in attendances and a 3.9 per cent. fall in arrests between 1988–89 and 1989–90: overall a reduction of 8.9 per cent. in arrests as a proportion of attendances.

Figures for individual clubs over the last three seasons are:

Season 1989–90
Attendances Number of arrests Arrest as percentage of attendances
Aldershot 46,537 36 0.07
Arsenal 639,763 143 0.02
Aston Villa 485,356 215 0.04
Barnsley 207,389 54 0.03
Birmingham 195,242 152 0.07
Blackburn 221,054 51 0.02
Blackpool 93,527 107 0.11
Bolton 167,770 73 0.04
Bournemouth 171,432 213 0.12
Bradford 199,041 69 0.03
Brentford 130,189 25 0.02
Brighton 198,105 55 0.03
Bristol City 262,037 114 0.04
Bristol Rovers 142,791 50 0.03
Burnley 142,967 47 0.03
Bury 79,210 27 0.03
Cambridge 45,349 1 0.00
Cardiff 84,302 32 0.04
Carlisle 107,959 15 0.01
Charlton 204,503 64 0.03
Chelsea 415,239 236 0.05
Chester 55,914 46 0.08
Chesterfield 98,265 54 0.05
Colchester 70,940 17 0.02
Coventry 271,543 192 0.07
Crewe 93,156 11 0.01
Crystal Palace 323,792 76 0.02
Derby County 329,912 89 0.02
Doncaster 62,255 51 0.08
Everton 494,766 68 0.01
Exeter 112,634 19 0.01
Fulham 103,321 67 0.06
Gillingham 88,421 7 0.01
Grimsby 137,623 49 0.03
Halifax 38,637 47 0.12
Hartlepool 56,988 16 0.03
Hereford 61,981 49 0.08
Huddersfield 129,549 25 0.02
Hull City 144,198 57 0.04
Ipswich 293,597 30 0.01
Leeds United 635,833 168 0.02
Leicester 269,387 115 0.04
Leyton Orient 100,385 20 0.01
Lincoln 93,629 116 0.12
Liverpool 700,908 84 0.01
Luton 186,451 9 0.01
Maidstone 55,912 20 0.03
Manchester City 531,541 57 0.01
Manchester United 740,476 60 0.01
Mansfield 71,933 10 0.01
Middlesbrough 374,249 36 0.01

Attendances Number of arrests Arrest as percentage of attendances
Millwall 236,009 108 0.04
Newcastle 505,840 215 0.04
Northampton 73,564 1 0.00
Norwich 318,052 49 0.01
Notts County 141,438 46 0.03
Notts Forest 391,014 84 0.02
Oldham 223,557 8 0.00
Oxford 133,822 51 0.04
Peterborough 110,777 12 0.01
Plymouth 200,720 22 0.01
Portsmouth 209,644 42 0.02
Port Vale 206,485 96 0.05
Preston 145,189 114 0.08
QPR 249,760 70 0.03
Reading 93,974 21 0.02
Rochdale 47,510 28 0.06
Rotherham 127,692 48 0.04
Scarborough 53,204 31 0.06
Scunthorpe 81,007 15 0.02
Sheffield United 388,677 97 0.02
Sheffield Wednesday 397,615 87 0.02
Shrewsbury 81,283 18 0.02
Southampton 313,222 73 0.02
Southend 83,880 10 0.01
Stockport 89,758 25 0.03
Stoke City 286,368 49 0.01
Sunderland 401,098 85 0.02
Swansea 88,396 48 0.05
Swindon 216,463 30 0.01
Torquay 49,484 27 0.05
Tottenham 502,830 73 0.01
Tranmere 171,200 27 0.01
Walsall 93,765 55 0.06
Watford 238,074 40 0.02
West Bromwich 259,724 116 0.04
West Ham 465,873 182 0.04
Wigan 63,486 14 0.02
Wimbledon 145,380 20 0.01
Wolverhampton 392,031 322 0.08
Wrexham 54,974 3 0.01
York 59,395 39 0.06

Season 1988–89
Attendances Number of arrests Arrests as percentage of attendances
Aldershot 60,249 65 0.12
Arsenal 676,267 167 0.02
Aston Villa 443,362 344 0.08
Barnsley 166,129 21 0.01
Birmingham 144,577 65 0.04
Blackburn 191,379 37 0.02
Blackpool 88,701 66 0.07
Bolton 124,626 40 0.03
Bournemouth 186,002 35 0.02
Bradford 242,007 85 0.03
Brentford 129,296 50 0.04
Brighton 208,022 47 0.02
Bristol City 186,371 73 0.04
Bristol Rovers 121,856 67 0.05
Burnley 162,583 47 0.03
Bury 77,346 27 0.03
Cambridge 59,655 17 0.03
Cardiff 100,643 16 0.01
Carlisle 73,696 17 0.02
Charlton 177,760 47 0.03
Chelsea 371,685 304 0.08
Chester 70,119 20 0.03
Chesterfield 86,746 44 0.05
Colchester 66,421 7 0.01
Coventry 302,902 190 0.06
Crewe 74,202 30 0.04
Crystal Palace 245,342 71 0.03

Attendances Number of arrests Arrests as percentage of attendances
Darlington 53,278 26 0.05
Derby County 335,964 132 0.04
Doncaster 49,796 20 0.04
Everton 521,444 80 0.01
Exeter 59,832 12 0.02
Fulham 113,580 126 0.11
Gillingham 84,907 23 0.02
Grimsby 98,949 79 0.08
Halifax 43,577 62 0.14
Hartlepool 46,921 21 0.04
Hereford 49,619 28 0.05
Huddersfield 133,989 34 0.02
Hull City 135,915 18 0.01
Ipswich 288,319 31 0.01
Leeds United 500,906 159 0.03
Leicester 239,357 95 0.04
Leyton Orient 87,340 8 0.01
Lincoln 90,051 19 0.02
Liverpool 734,902 132 0.02
Luton 176,681 7 0.00
Manchester City 540,476 39 0.01
Manchester United 693,257 60 0.01
Mansfield 92,033 40 0.04
Middlesbrough 378,210 86 0.02
Millwall 293,926 160 0.05
Newcastle 433,487 166 0.04
Northampton 91,030 3 0.00
Norwich 318,844 86 0.03
Notts County 130,654 49 0.04
Nottingham Forest 394,911 66 0.02
Oldham 160,325 12 0.01
Oxford 145,788 36 0.02
Peterborough 74,469 14 0.02
Plymouth 198,443 19 0.01
Portsmouth 233,980 162 0.07
Port Vale 154,426 79 0.05
Preston 163,703 51 0.03
QPR 235,018 95 0.04
Reading 117,613 25 0.02
Rochdale 45,127 47 0.10
Rotherham 116,279 31 0.02
Scarborough 66,895 51 0.07
Scunthorpe 104,588 55 0.05
Sheffield United 280,315 50 0.02
Sheffield Wednesday 380,807 80 0.02
Shrewsbury 108,100 37 0.03
Southampton 296,047 146 0.05
Southend 84,479 30 0.03
Stockport 64,061 53 0.08
Stoke City 214,979 44 0.02
Sunderland 342,217 49 0.01
Swansea 112,895 51 0.04
Swindon 198,881 44 0.02
Torquay 53,852 16 0.03
Tottenham 464,876 127 0.03
Tranmere 121,830 20 0.02
Walsall 140,495 148 0.11
Watford 279,446 44 0.01
West Bromwich 290,683 145 0.05
West Ham 394,126 201 0.05
Wigan 72,263 4 0.01
Wimbledon 148,169 17 0.01
Wolverhampton 330,699 192 0.05
Wrexham 61,051 12 0.02
York 59,119 132 0.22

Season 1987–88
Attendances Number of arrests Arrest as percentage of attendances
Aldershot 70,642 39 0.06
Arsenal 598,059 153 0.03
Aston Villa 403,836 308 0.08

Attendances Number of arrests Arrest as percentage of attendances
Barnsley 168,339 55 0.03
Birmingham 188,722 101 0.05
Blackburn 211,120 79 0.04
Blackpool 96,935 36 0.04
Bolton 114,778 21 0.02
Bournmouth 168,757 149 0.09
Bradford 285,509 197 0.07
Brentford 105,430 72 0.07
Brighton 205,263 34 0.02
Bristol City 225,861 21 0.01
Bristol Rovers 84,753 18 0.02
Burnley 144,770 90 0.06
Bury 58,997 5 0.01
Cambridge 52,896 29 0.05
Cardiff 101,752 43 0.04
Carlisle 51,282 27 0.05
Charlton 173,629 14 0.01
Chelsea 408,538 271 0.07
Chester 580,096 22 0.04
Chesterfield 61,239 21 0.03
Colchester 40,607 0 0.00
Coventry 350,165 194 0.06
Crewe 51,828 21 0.04
Crystal Palace 215,496 78 0.04
Darlington 50,374 5 0.01
Derby County 343,107 86 0.03
Doncaster 43,223 28 0.06
Everton 555,692 24 0.00
Exeter 56,264 83 0.15
Fulham 116,454 99 0.09
Gillingham 106,260 32 0.03
Grimsby 76,541 66 0.09
Halifax 39,358 38 0.10
Hartlepool 48,972 21 0.02
Hereford 50,712 28 0.06
Huddersfield 150,334 126 0.08
Hull City 157,507 38 0.02
Ipswich 258,037 99 0.04
Leeds Utd 443,094 184 0.04
Leicester 223,049 31 0.01
Leyton Orient 90,322 8 0.01
Liverpool 791,977 33 0.00
Luton 161,884 1 0.00
Manchester City 428,655 35 0.01
Manchester United 783,099 38 0.00
Mansfield 90,894 21 0.02
Middlesbrough 321,219 110 0.03
Millwall 185,165 44 0.02
Newcastle 419,742 149 0.04
Newport 40,261 35 0.09
Northampton 126,578 11 0.01
Norwich 313,904 32 0.01
Notts County 144,824 56 0.04
Notts Forest 384,648 130 0.03
Oldham 147,995 19 0.01
Oxford 218,632 105 0.05
Peterborough 71,881 15 0.02
Plymouth 226,152 29 0.01
Portsmouth 324,780 282 0.09
Port Vale 88,126 22 0.02
Preston 139,998 20 0.01
QPR 265,813 91 0.03
Reading 150,352 20 0.01
Rochdale 44,903 32 0.07
Rotherham 84,107 47 0.05
Scarborough 70,504 146 0.21
Scunthorpe 74,405 46 0.06
Sheffield United 223,960 60 0.03
Sheffield Wednesday 395,519 90 0.02
Shrewsbury 108,202 68 0.06
Southampton 290,617 208 0.07
Southend 79,320 3 0.00
Stockport 52,154 17 0.03
Stoke City 211,234 57 0.03
Sunderland 400,760 80 0.02

Attendances Number of arrests Arrest as percentage of attendances
Swansea 100,957 10 0.01
Swindon 209,800 67 0.03
Torquay 67,434 21 0.03
Tottenham 517,970 74 0.01
Tranmere 76,847 53 0.07
Walsall 128,153 47 0.04
Watford 291,464 43 0.01
West Bromwich 222,261 132 0.06
West Ham 396,473 149 0.04
Wigan 86,776 4 0.01
Wimbledon 159,691 49 0.03
Wolverhampton 226,964 132 0.06
Wrexham 51,539 17 0.03
York 62,902 62 0.10