Sportsbook Review conducted a survey has reported that 39% of all fans across the 32 teams have witnessed a crime while attending NFL games. Some of the highest being Chicago, New York, and Atlanta. Mile High Stadium is considered the most dangerous stadium of the 32, with a crime rate of 70.02 out of 1000 people.
Of the 32 NFL fan bases, here's the top 5 where criminal activity was witnessed:
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Yes you're reading that right. Patriots fans rank number three in the league, second to Philly in the fan violence category. LET'S GO PAAAAAAAAAAAATSSSS! WOOOOOOOOOOO! LET'S PUMP UP THOSE NUMBERS BABY! IF WE CAN'T WIN ON THE FIELD, WE'LL WIN IN THE STANDS LIKE MILLWALL!
That said...of the 7.2% of NFL fans that said they were victims of crimes, Pats fans didn't even rank:
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Also...thankfully...Gillette Stadium seems to be a pretty safe stadium when compared to the top five:
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When asked in the survey if they feel safe alone, 44.7% of women responded with no in contrast to 51.4% of men. When asked if they would feel safe if they let their kid go to an NFL game without them or being unattended, a whopping 77.2% of parents said no.
The Washington Post back in 2016 reported that fan violence had been quietly begun escalating as far back as 2011. This was after a high profile incident when a Raiders fan knocked out a 55 year old Baltimore Ravens fan unconscious in a gangway and gave him permanent brain damage after the Ravens' fan hit his head against the concrete floor. The Post also highlighted that most violent crime arrests occurred at Giants, Jets, Chargers, Raiders, 49ers, and Steelers games. Fan bases with noted violent elements in their fan bases. Keep in mind a lot has changed since this article came out
and it was a noted problem back then.
CBS News followed up on the story with data showing that, if the home team loses, violent crime goes up in all home team stadiums.
The data doesn't lie. There is a fan violence problem in NFL stadiums and even if it's overstated to an extent, it still doesn't change the fact that it's driving fans away and it's creating a perception in stadiums that hasn't been like this since the bad old days of the multipurpose stadiums and shit holes like Foxboro Stadium.
The NFL needs to fix this and start working with state police to start aggressively issue out ban orders to away fans like England did back in the 90s onwards, as well as come up with a digital ticket ID system that can lock violent away fans out. Price out the violent thugs.