The Home Office has released the latest figures on the number of football banning orders and arrests across England and Wales for the 2022/23 season.
Data taken on 1 August 2023 showed there were a total of 1,624 football banning orders in force, an increase of 24% compared with 28 July 2022 (1,308). Within the 2022 to 2023 football season, 682 new banning orders were issued, an increase of 32% compared with the 2021 to 2022 football season.
In the 2022 to 2023 football season there were also 2,264 football-related arrests.
For clubs in the top 5 divisions, around half (47%; 962) of the 2,037 football-related arrests were at home games.
The most common football-related arrest offence types were public disorder (34%), violent disorder (21%), alcohol offences (9%) and the possession of class A drugs (9%).
We’ve take a look at the number of fan arrests for each Championship club in the 2022/23 season:
21. QPR
Number of fans arrested in 2022/23: 10 Photo: Warren Little
22. Norwich
Number of fans arrested in 2022/23: 9 | Getty Images
23. Wigan
Number of fans arrested in 2022/23: 8 Photo: Pete Norton
24. Rotherham
Number of fans arrested in 2022/23: 4 | Getty Images