FOI 425196

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 425196

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 5^th August 2025. Please find below the response to your request:

Please can I request:

1. The total number of counterfeit football shirts seized by your force each year from 2019 to the most recent year available.
2. (If readily available) The estimated total value (£) of these seized shirts for each year.
3. The number of arrests each year relating to the sale or distribution of counterfeit football shirts, or counterfeit football merchandise, if shirts are not recorded separately.

For consistency:

- Please provide figures for full calendar years (Jan–Dec) where possible. If only financial year data is available, please specify this.

- If your systems do not separately record “football shirts,” please confirm this and provide data for the broader category of counterfeit sportswear instead.

- Please confirm whether seizure counts represent individual shirts or seizure incidents/operations, and whether value estimates are based on retail or street value.

Reply

1. The total number of counterfeit football shirts seized by your force each year from 2019 to the most recent year available.

Zero

1. (If readily available) The estimated total value (£) of these seized shirts for each year.

Zero

1. The number of arrests each year relating to the sale or distribution of counterfeit football shirts, or counterfeit football merchandise, if shirts are not recorded separately.

Zero