Football match arrests
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002544/D
Version Date: 22/11/2024
I would like to know how many arrests Dorset Police made during football match operations during the 2023/24 season and the current season (from August 2023 to now) at the following stadiums:
- Dean Court, currently known as the Vitality Stadium
Specifically, I would like to know:
The total number of arrests over the above time period during match days at these ground broken down by arresting offence and outcome of each arrest (i.e. charged, released without charge, caution, etc)
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Searches were completed on Niche for arrests that occurred in the postcode ‘BH77AF’ with the earliest date of 12/08/2023 and the latest date of 28/10/2024. The data was then reviewed.
Data:
A total of 5 arrests during the above-mentioned timeframe.
|
Reason for arrest |
Outcome |
|
Assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm (recordable) |
CU - Released from Bail Under Investigation |
|
Drunk and disorderly in a public place (recordable) |
CU - Released from Bail Under Investigation |
|
Assault by beating (recordable) |
CU - NFPA - Police Decision |
|
Go onto playing area at a football match - Football (Offences) Act 1991 (recordable) |
CU - MG04 - Conditional Bail |
|
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour with intent to cause fear of / provoke unlawful violence (recordable) |
CU - MG04 - Conditional Bail |