Manchester City and Manchester United paid £1.69m more in policing costs than their five Premier League London rivals combined last season.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Tottenham and West Ham were charged £178,047 between them by the Metropolitan Police for security inside and immediately outside their stadiums.
Manchester City had the biggest bill in England's top flight, paying £944,195 to Great Manchester Police (GMP) closely followed by United, who spent £925,126.
The figures were obtained by the Press Association using a Freedom of Information request.
The Metropolitan Police said as a rule it not did police inside stadiums and could only charge for policing on property owned by a club.
"We're there to prevent crime and disorder," said a spokesperson. "If there are problems - or intelligence to suggest there will be problems - then we will police inside, but as a general rule we withdrew from that two or three years ago."
GMP said the higher costs were due to a higher police presence in the grounds and immediately outside them.
Last season, six games were given a category C classification - the highest risk category.
They were the Manchester derby at Etihad Stadium, Liverpool v Manchester United, Tottenham v Arsenal, West Ham v Spurs, Crystal Palace v Charlton in the League Cup and Leicester v Everton, when the Foxes received the Premier League trophy.
Policing costs 2015/2016
Manchester City £944,195.01
Manchester United £925,126.61
Liverpool £544,550.89
Everton £396,088.66
Chelsea £94,388
Tottenham £38,568
Arsenal £32,536
West Ham £12,555
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37028168
The Cost Of Policing Football
posted on 15/8/16
If only you pair had the history of Liverpool eh?
posted on 15/8/16
If only you had the history of Walsall.
posted on 15/8/16
comment by Boris 'Inky' Gibson (U5901)
posted 14 minutes ago
If only you had the history of Walsall.
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Birmingham have the Peaky blinders don't you know?
posted on 16/8/16
Daft haircuts and even dafter accents
posted on 16/8/16
Good luck tonight lads
posted on 16/8/16
Cheers post 👍
posted on 16/8/16
Yeah, we're not in it so want you to do well. Show em who's the capital of football eh?
posted on 16/8/16
It will be tough I think it will be quite a while before this team beds in and starts to play with full confidence and fluidity.
posted on 17/8/16
Not that tough, mate I wonder if Pep's approach is going to work better in Europe than in the Prem, where it's still a bit more agricultural?
Interesting times ahead this year.
posted on 17/8/16
Yeah haha