Sheffield United among worst fans in Britain for hate crimes, new figures reveal

Sheffield United have been named as one of the football clubs which saw most fans reported for hate crimes during the 2019-20 season.
By Darren Burke
Published 25th Nov 2020, 21:38 BST
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Newly released figures show that Blades supporters were the subject of seven reported hate crimes across the course of the season.

Aston Villa fans were reported for alleged hate crimes on more occasions than supporters of any other club, according to the Home Office data.

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Fans of the Midlands club were reported on 13 occasions, data obtained by the PA news agency under a Freedom of Information request shows.

Sheffield United fans were among the worst for hate crimes, according to new figures.Sheffield United fans were among the worst for hate crimes, according to new figures.
Sheffield United fans were among the worst for hate crimes, according to new figures.

They were reported for seven incidents related to race, five related to sexual orientation and one associated to religion.

Three clubs’ fans – Wolves, Leeds and Tottenham – were the subject of 10 reports each, while Chelsea fans were reported nine times.

The Home Office announced two months ago that there had been 319 incidents of hate crime reported at 287 of the 2,663 matches in England and Wales in the 2019-20 season.

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The reports came to the UK Football Policing Unit from either the Football Association or anti-discrimination body Kick It Out.

All 10 of the reports assigned to Wolves related to race, while eight of those attributed to Leeds were also racist in nature, with two related to sexual orientation.

Six of Spurs’ reports were for racism-related offences, one related to religion and three to sexual orientation.

Chelsea’s nine reports were made up of three for racism, four for religion and two for sexual orientation.

A group of eight clubs were the subject of seven reports each – they were Manchester City, Sheffield United, Everton, Millwall, Leicester, Burnley, Portsmouth and Tranmere.