article_snippet: According to Home Office statistics there were only 2,273 football-related arrests last year, which includes all four divisions, plus European competitions and internationals.
article_snippet: It is the lowest since records began.
article_snippet: Last season 33 million people attended matches and less than 0.01 per cent of those in attendance were arrested.
article_snippet: The numbers look good on paper, but Home Office also makes it clear that the police do not always have the manpower to make arrests.
article_snippet: It will never happen, which is why those Home Office statistics can easily be distorted.
highlights_snippet: According to figures included in Home Office statistics there were only 2,273 football-related arrests last year .
  
highlights_snippet: 33m people attended matches last season and less than 0.01 per cent of those in attendance were arrested .