Arrests at English Defence League (EDL) demonstrations: freedom of information release
Published 20 April 2011
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Total number of arrests at EDL demonstrations since December 2009.
We released the following information on 20 April 2011.
Large scale demonstrations
Nottingham: 5 December 2009 - 11 arrests Stoke: 23 January 2010 - 23 arrests Bolton: 20 March 2010 - 74 arrests Dudley: 3 April 2010 - 12 arrests Newcastle: 29 May 2010 - 0 arrests Dudley: 17 July 2010 - 20 arrests Bradford: 28 August 2010 - 13 arrests Leicester: 9 October 2010 - 13 arrests Nuneaton: 27 November 2010 - 8 arrests Preston: 27 November 2010 - 14 arrests Peterborough: 11 December 2010 - 5 arrests Luton: 5 February 2011 - 8 arrests
Other EDL demonstrations
In addition, in the second half of the year, there have been a number of smaller no-notice pop-up demonstrations (involving around 100 to 200 EDL supporters) in Wolverhampton, Aylesbury, Oldham and Nuneaton.
London has also seen a number of smaller EDL demonstrations.