Don't mess about: These are the Premier League's most dangerous stadiums

Ticket reseller Live Football Tickets analysed the home grounds of the 20 Premier League clubs this season, comparing them with the number of recorded crimes on their grounds to determine the most dangerous Premier League stadiums in the country.

Comparing the average number of annual spectators with crime events recorded on each stadium's premises between 2021 and 2023, the analysts ranked the country's football havens from most to least dangerous. This season's newcomer, Luton Town's Kenilworth Road, claimed the unenviable top spot with an estimated mean of 3.07 crime events per 100 spectators per season, nearly twice as much as runner-up St James' Park in Newcastle (1.75). Newcastle United's home ground did record the highest number of crime events in the analysed period, however, with more than 30,000 incidents recorded. For comparison, the next highest number of incidents, 19,911, was recorded at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, which nonetheless only tenth on the list, with less than one incident per 100 spectators (0.98).

In general, London stadium-goers more or less behaved themselves, with only Chelsea's Stamford Bridge and Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park making the top 10 in addition to Emirates Stadium, in seventh and ninth place respectively. Meanwhile, on the other end of the list, Fulham's Craven Cottage came in as the fifth safest Premier League stadium in the country, with only 4,566 recorded incidents despite nearly 400,000 annual spectators. The safest stadiums according to the analysis can be found in the North, however, with both Manchester clubs tied for the top spot – only four incidents were recorded at Old Trafford despite more than 1.2 million spectators, while Etihad Stadium recorded only seven, speaking in favour of both stadium's security measures.

Of course, while this is all well and interesting on paper, we'd still advise against wearing the wrong kit in the wrong place at the wrong time …