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Written question asked by Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 October 2025. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 October 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.

Football: Racial Hatred

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish data on the number of investigations carried out into online race hate incidents related to football since the introduction of this as a specific offence in 2022.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on the number of football-related race hate incidents in England and Wales in the annual ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics release. The latest data covering the 2024 to 2025 domestic football season and can be accessed at the following link: Football-related arrests and banning orders statistics - GOV.UK

Data on the number of football-related race hate incidents for each of the last five years are available in table 11 of the accompanying data tables and are provided below:

Table 1: Matches with reported incidents of hate crime relating to race, England and Wales, 2019/20 season to 2024/25 season

Season

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

Hate crime - Race

214

2

283

248

226

287

The Home Office does not hold data on the number of investigations carried out into online race hate incidents related to football.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL10751
Session
2024-26
Attachment
table
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Football Internet Racial hatred
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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