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23 December 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 06:00 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"FootballThe number of football fans arrested in England and Wales reached an all-time low last season<\/span><\/div>\n

Arrests for football-related disorder in England and Wales are at a record low, the Home Office has said.<\/p>\n

Just over 3,000 people were arrested at games involving English and Welsh teams last year, a drop of 9%.<\/p>\n

The Home Office says the latest figures are a major success story with progress being made at both international and domestic levels of football.<\/p>\n

The number of people under football banning orders has also fallen, down to 3,173 from 3,248 last year.<\/p>\n

During last season, 3,089 people were arrested, a drop of 302 compared with the 2009\/10 season.<\/p>\n

This is the lowest figure since records began in the 1984\/5 season and equates to an average of one arrest per match.<\/p>\n

There were no arrests at 70% of games in the 2010\/11 season, and only one English fan was arrested at the World Cup, after he confronted members of the England team following a match in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

The Home Office said that football banning orders “continue to have a positive effect” a decade after their introduction.<\/p>\n

Since 2000 about 92% of people whose orders have expired are assessed by police as no longer posing a risk of football disorder.<\/p>\n

‘Small minority’<\/span><\/p>\n

Crime Prevention Minister Lord Henley said: “Football policing is a real British success story. Where hooliganism was once described as ‘the English disease’, we now set an example for others to follow.<\/p>\n

“But we are not complacent and we will expect to see England fans continue their good behaviour at next year’s European Championships, where the eyes of the world will be on them once again.”<\/p>\n

Assistant Chief Constable Andy Holt, who leads on football policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers, said: “Over the past two decades the UK has made steady progress in reducing football-related violence and disorder.<\/p>\n

“The service has worked hard with football clubs and football supporters’ associations to ensure that genuine fans can attend games without incident and it’s reassuring that the figures reflect that a very small minority of fans have come to police notice.”<\/p>\n

The number of those attending regulated matches in England and Wales reached 37 million last year, meaning those arrested represent less than 0.01% of that season’s spectators.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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