FOI 800-2025 / Aug 2025 / Counterfeit
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 800-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 5th August 2025 as follows:
Q1. The total number of counterfeit football shirts seized by your force each year from 2019 to the most recent year available.
Q2. (If readily available) The estimated total value (£) of these seized shirts for each year.
Q3. 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.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: No information held.
Outside of the FOI Act and to assist, I can advise that the local authority’s Trading Standards lead on enforcement and would most likely be the prosecuting agency for any offences relating to counterfeit goods. Therefore, you may wish to re-direct your request to Warwickshire County Council via the below link:
https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/freedomofinformation
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB