Arrests at football matches 901/2025

FOI Reference: 901/2025

Request

I would like to make a Freedom of Information request.

(Q1) For the 24/25 football season (between August 2024 - May 2025) how many people were arrested at football matches. I would like this broken-down into homophobic abuse, racism, violence, drug offences, other.

(Q2) I would like the same information for the 23/24 season (between August 2023 - May 2024),

(Q3) the 22/23 season (between August 2022-May 2023)

(Q4) and 2018/19 (August 2018-May 2019).

If possible I would also like this information by club/or ground where the incident took place.

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response Q1:

1 x Violence Against The Person.

Response Q2

2 x Burglary.

Response Q3

1 x Non PACE Offence (Wanted for failing to comply with suspended sentence order).

1 x Affray.

1 x Common Assault.

Response Q4

1 x GBH

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 28/10/2025)