Policing Football Matches (1351A/21)
Request
I am looking for some information in regards to the policing of Aston Villa games.
The information I would like to receive is as follows:
1) Cost of policing for all 19 home games of Aston Villa Football Club during 2018/19 season (August 10, 2018 – May 12, 2019)
2) Cost of policing for all 19 home games of Aston Villa Football Club during 2020/21 season (September 12, 2020 – May 23, 2021)
3) Cost of policing first Aston Villa Football Club home fixture (v Newcastle United, 21/08/2021) of the 2021/22 season
4) Average number of police on patrol per Aston Villa Football Club home game at the Villa Park during 2018/19 season (August 10, 2018 – May 12, 2019)
5) Average number of police on patrol per Aston Villa Football Club home game at Villa Park during 2020/21 season (September 12, 2020 – May 23, 2021)
6) Number of police on patrol during Aston Villa Football Club opening home game against Newcastle United on August 21, 2021
7) Number of arrests made within one mile radius of Aston Villa Football Club’s stadium during 2018/19 season due to football related incidents (August 10, 2018 – May 12, 2019)
8) Number of arrests made within one mile radius of Aston Villa Football Club’s stadium during 2020/21 season due to football related incidents (September 12, 2020 – May 23, 2021)
9) Number of arrests made within one mile radius of Aston Villa Football Club’s stadium during opening fixture of the 2020/21 season due to football related incidents (v Newcastle United, 21/08/2021)
REQUEST 2
I am looking for some information in regards to the policing of Wolverhampton Wanderers games.
The information I would like to receive is as follows:
1) Cost of policing for all 19 home games of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club during 2018/19 season (August 10, 2018 – May 12, 2019)
2) Cost of policing for all 19 home games of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club during 2020/21 season (September 12, 2020 – May 23, 2021)
3) Cost of policing first Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club home fixture (v Tottenham Hotspur, 22/08/2021) of the 2021/22 season
4) Average number of police on patrol per Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club home game at the Molineux during 2018/19 season (August 10, 2018 – May 12, 2019)
5) Average number of police on patrol per Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club home game at Molineux during 2020/21 season (September 12, 2020 – May 23, 2021)
6) Number of police on patrol during Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club opening home game against Tottenham Hotspur on August 22, 2021
7) Number of arrests made within one mile radius of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club’s stadium during 2018/19 season due to football related incidents (August 10, 2018 – May 12, 2019)
8) Number of arrests made within one mile radius of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club’s stadium during 2020/21 season due to football related incidents (September 12, 2020 – May 23, 2021)
9) Number of arrests made within one mile radius of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club’s stadium during opening fixture of the 2020/21 season due to football related incidents (v Tottenham Hotspur, 22/08/2021)
Response
Please find attached our response and be advised that with regard to the cost of policing football matches, we only collate the overtime that has been spent and we only record it by club (not game). This will not include any duty time worked on a football match because this would constitute Police Officers carrying out their normal daily duties and therefore not separately recorded/captured.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.