You asked
I am seeking statistics for the following:
number of arrests for racist abuse/racialist chanting/missile throwing under the Football Spectators Act 1991 between 2018-2020
number of prosecutions for racist abuse/racialist chanting/missile throwing under the Football Spectators Act 1991 between 2018-2020
number of arrests for racist abuse online throwing under the Communications Act 2003 between 2018-2020
number of prosecutions for racist abuse online throwing under the Communications Act 2003 between 2018-2020
We said
Thank you for your request regarding arrests and prosecutions of football-related and online racist abuse offences.
The Home Office publishes data on football-related arrests and banning orders by season; the 2018-2019 season can be found here, and the 2019-2020 season can be found here. The data tables include data on "racist and indecent chanting" and "throwing missiles" for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons.
We do not hold data on football and online abuse related arrests, these are held and published by the Home Office, who can be contacted by email: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk and may be able to provide you with more information.
We do not hold data on football and online abuse related prosecutions, these are held and published by the Ministry of Justice, who are contactable by e-mail: ESD@justice.gov.uk and may be able to provide you with more information.
If you have any further crime-related queries, please email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.