01/FOI/26/007831/V - DA incidents and football matches

Request:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding domestic abuse incidents recorded by your force.

For each of the following dates, please provide the number of domestic abuse related incidents and/or crimes recorded by your force:

• The date of each England men's FIFA World Cup 2026 match.
  • 17 June 2026
  • 23 June 2026
  • 27 June 2026
  • 1 July 2026
  • 6 July 2026
  • 11 July 2026
  • 15 July 2026
  • 18 July 2026
• The day immediately following each England men's FIFA World Cup 2026 match.
  • 18 June 2026
  • 24 June 2026
  • 28 June 2026
  • 2 July 2026
  • 7 July 2026
  • 12 July 2026
  • 16 July 2026
  • 19 July 202

For each date, please provide:

1. The total number of domestic abuse incidents recorded.
2. The total number of arrests relating to domestic abuse incidents.
3. The corresponding figures for the same weekday during the four weeks immediately preceding each match, listed separately.

If available within cost limits, please also provide:

An hourly breakdown of domestic abuse incidents recorded on England match days.

Response:

Humberside Police can confirm we do hold the information you requested.

1. The total number of domestic abuse incidents recorded.

2. The total number of arrests relating to domestic abuse incidents.

3. The corresponding figures for the same weekday during the four weeks immediately preceding each match, listed separately.

4. An hourly breakdown of domestic abuse incidents recorded on England match days.

Section 40 – Personal Information

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.  The second duty at Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.  Where exemptions are relied upon Section 17 of FOIA requires that we provide the applicant with a notice which: a) states that fact b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

Searches have been conducted and to disclose figures as an hourly breakdown would reveal low numbers. It has been determined to provide the information requested and owing to the low numbers within the results, it may lead to identification of a living individual. Disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act is deemed to be released to the public at large. Therefore, no information if deemed would identify a living individual would be released.  Therefore section 40(2) of the Act is engaged.  As section 40(2) is an absolute exemption there is no requirement for me to conduct a public interest test. However I am satisfied that disclosure would breach the 1st principle of the Data Protection Act – fair and lawful processing.

Please note that police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide information and statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force’s response to your questions should not be used for the comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.