Every year, Kick It Out publishes a summary of the reports of discrimination the organisation has received during the season.
Below you can find out the latest statistics on the incidents reported to us every season - whether it's in grassroots, non-league, the professional game or online.
2013/14
OVERALL
Number of incidents – 284
Type of discrimination – Race (189), Gender (2), Disability (4), Faith (58 – 57 of which are antisemitism), Homophobia (22), Age (0), Other (9)
PROFESSIONAL GAME COMPLAINTS
Type of discrimination – Race (67%), Homophobia (16%), Faith (16%), Other (1%), Disability (0%), Gender (0%), Age (0%)
Method of contact – App (38%), website form (33%), email (11%), social media (10%), telephone (5%), letter (3%)
PROFESSIONAL PLAYER COMPLAINTS
Type of discrimination – Race (60%), Homophobia (20%), Faith (20%), Disability (0%), Gender (0%), Age (0%)
Method of contact – Social media (33%), email (33%), telephone (17%), website form (17%), app (0%), letter (0%)
GRASSROOTS COMPLAINTS
Type of discrimination – Race (77%), Other (13%), Homophobia (5%), faith (3%), disability (2%), gender (0%), age (0%)
Method of contact – Email (39%), website form (29%), telephone (23%), app (6%), social media (1.5%), letter (1.5%)
SOCIAL MEDIA INCIDENTS
Type of discrimination – Race (62%), Faith (30%), Homophobia (4%), Disability (2%), Gender (2%), Age (0%)
Breakdown of cases closed at the end of 2013-2014 season
PROFESSIONAL GAME
64 cases closed
8 cases proven (12.5%)
PROFESSIONAL PLAYER
4 cases closed
3 cases proven (75%)
GRASSROOTS
39 cases closed
14 cases proven (36%)
SOCIAL MEDIA
142 incidents reported
73 cases led to offender identified and/or action taken and/or account deleted (51%)
2012/13
2012/13 Annual Report.
2011/12
2011/12 Annual Report
2010/11
Please download our annual report below.
2009/10
Please download our annual report below.
2008/09
Our annual report for 2008/09.