DCLG Data4NR: Football Related Arrests and Offences for the 2007/08 Season

The 2007/08 season of football-related arrests and offences by type of offence for all football clubs in England, from the Premiership to the Blue Square Premier. This dataset was published by the Home Office under the Data4NR reference. It is licensed under the OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in football-related crime based on offence type mentioned in the description.
• Compare arrest rates across different football leagues (Premiership to Blue Square Premier) for a single season.
• Model the relationship between football events and public disorder incidents based on reported offences.
• Support policy evaluation for sports policing strategies using historical arrest data.

Strengths

• Covers a specific, defined time period: the 2007/08 football season.
• Includes data for all football clubs across multiple English leagues.
• Published by the authoritative Home Office organization.
• Has a clear open license (OGL-UK-3.0) for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single season and may not reflect current trends.

Provenance

Source

Home Office

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official police arrest and incident records.

Time Range

2007/08 football season

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:19.091816; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England