EDL protests have cost Beds police up to £2.5 million according to a Freedom of Information request.
And the total countrywide is £10m figures have shown.
The information for protests over the past four years was collected by the BBC
The EDL’s leader said his members were entitled to protest.
Tommy Robinson told the BBC: “We are not committing terrorism, all we are doing is protesting and voicing our concerns. There is no price you can put on democracy.”
The EDL, which was founded in 2009 in Luton, protests across the UK against “radical Islam”.
Beds Police recorded the highest cost of £2,447,172, followed by West Yorkshire Police at £1,911,088. This included the cost of officers’ overtime and borrowing officers from other forces.