2023/25982 - Assaults on Referees
REQUEST
I would like to request the following information:
1) The number of crimes reported - or incidents to which police were called - to your force relating to physical or verbal abuse of a person described to be refereeing or otherwise officiating a football match from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, inclusive;
2) A keyword search of police records to show how many times the words 'referee' and ‘linesman’ appear in crime reports from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.