Football banning orders: The number of Birmingham City & Aston Villa fans banned during 2023/24 season

The Home Office has released the latest figures on the number of football banning orders and arrests across England and Wales for the 2023/24 season.

The figures show that a total of 2,584 football-related arrests were made during the 2023-24 campaign, with a further 180 arrests made in England and Wales in relation to the Euro 2024 tournament in the summer.

The most common football-related arrest offence types during the 2023/24 campaign twere public disorder (43%), violent disorder (19%), and the possession of class A drugs (13%).

West Ham United had the highest number of football banning orders in force for 2023/24 with 93. This was followed by Manchester United (89) and Millwall (82).

Everton and Leicester City both had 72 arrests to complete the top 5 list.

For supporters of clubs in the top 5 divisions, there were 2,043 football-related arrests, a similar number to the 2022 to 2023 season (2,037). Around half of the 2,043 football-related arrests were of supporters at away matches.

The club with the highest number of supporters arrested in the 2023 to 2024 season was West Ham United for the third consecutive year, with 103 arrests, as shown in Figure 3.

Manchester City and Manchester United both had 88 fans arrested during last seaso. 85 Arsenal fans were also arrested during 2023/24.

Aston Villa and Birmingham City figures

There were 62 banning orders in place for Birmingham City fans during the 2023/23 season. Aston Villa fans had 24 banning orders in force for 2023/24.

Meanwhile, West Brom had the largest increase in arrests compared to the 2022-23 season out of any team, with the number of arrests rising from 11 to 51.