Football stadium deployments

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004876/W

Version Date: 31/07/2026

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Source:

Contact information system – Storm

Crime information system – Niche

Data Processing:

Storm
Extracted following information:

Incident ID, Niche Occurrence ID, Initial input Date/Time, Despatch Date/Time, Arrival Date/Time, Postcode, Dispatch Area, Initial Call type Code, Initial Call Type, Incident Status Code, Incident Status, Incident Description

Filtered on date between 01/01/2023 00:00:00 and 31/12/2025 23:59:59

Searched for ‘AFC Bournemouth’ or ‘Vitality Stadium’ in business name, or ‘BH7 7AF’ in the postcode field.

Niche

Filtered on date between 01/01/2023 00:00:00 and 31/12/2025 23:59:59

Searched for ‘BH7 7AF’ in occurrence address postcode or ‘Vitality Stadium’ in address common name or ‘Vitality Stadium’ address building name.

Filtered on dispatched officer.

Data Limitations/Caveats:

Please note, the figures below exclude pre-arranged match day operations within the stadium.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to please request information relating to police deployments to football stadiums within your area of responsibility.

Please provide the following information for the period 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2025 (broken down by calendar year):

- The total number of occasions on which officers were called to attend to an incident at the Vitality Stadium

There were 23 reported incidents on Storm and three reported occurrences on Niche. All 26 were attaneded:

- The number of incidents attended each month, split by calendar year (e.g. Jan - Dec 2023, Jan - Dec 2024 and Jan - Dec 2025)
- The reason for attendance (e.g. ignoring smoking/vaping rules, assault, criminal damage, pitch invasion, etc)

If your records distinguish between smoking-related and vaping-related offences, please provide this breakdown separately, where possible.

There is no mention of ‘vape’ or ‘vaping’ in any of the searchable fields.

The only mention of ‘smoke’ relates to a smoke bomb.