Where Man City place in football's arrests table as West Ham top list

Manchester City fans were arrested 66 times last season, putting them fourth in the table for footballing arrests in the country. West Ham United top the table with Manchester United and Leeds United also finishing above City.

Hammers fans were arrested 89 times for football-related incidents last season, according to the latest figures from the Home Office. That’s more than fans of any other club. A total of 27 arrests were for public disorder, while another 23 were for throwing missiles. That’s by far the highest number of arrests for throwing missiles.

United had the next highest number of arrests with a total of 83. Leeds United have the next most with 69, followed by Manchester City with 66, Arsenal with 51, Tottenham with 51 and Burnley with 50.

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There were a total of 2,264 football-related arrests in the top five divisions in England and Wales last season. That’s up from 2,198 the season before.

It’s also the highest number since the 2013/14 season when there were 2,273. However, football matches had a combined attendance of 45.4 million people last season according to the Home Office figures.

That suggests an arrest rate of just 0.005%, or five arrests for every 100,000 people.

Incidents of hate crime fell at football matches last season. A total of 370 hate crimes were reported to police, down from 384 the season before.

Race hate crimes made up 248 of the total last season, down from 383 the season before. Sexual orientation hate crime was up to 119 incidents though from 106 the season before.

Religious hate crime increased from 14 to 21 last season, while disability hate crime rose from