The Ultimate Police Handbook
Offence Categories
Assault an emergency services worker
s.1 Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018
Either Way
Assault
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH)
s.47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Either Way
Assault
Assault with intent to commit felony, or on peace officers (resist arrest)
s.38 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Either Way
Assault
Common Assault and Battery
s.39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
Summary
Assault
Drivers of carriages injuring persons by furious driving
s.35 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Indictable
Assault
False Imprisonment
Common Law
Indictable
Assault
Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) with intent
s.18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Indictable
Assault
Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care provider offence
s.21 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
Either Way
Assault
Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care worker offence
s.20 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
Either Way
Assault
Maliciously administering poison, so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm
s.23 Offences against the Person Act 1861
Indictable
Assault
Maliciously administering poison, with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy any other person
s.24 Offences against the Person Act 1861
Indictable
Assault
Manslaughter
Common Law
Indictable
Assault
Murder
Common Law
Indictable
Assault
Obstruct a constable or authorised person when searching for drugs
s.23(4)(a) Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Either Way
Assault
Obstruct Police
s.89(2) Police Act 1996
Summary
Assault
Racially/Religiously Aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH)
s.29 Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Either Way
Assault
Racially/Religiously Aggravated assault occasioning grievous bodily harm (GBH)
s.29 Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Either Way
Assault
Racially/Religiously Aggravated Common Assault and Battery
s.29 Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Either Way
Assault
Strangulation or suffocation
s.75A Serious Crime Act 2015
Either Way
Assault
Threats to Kill
s.16 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Either Way
Assault
Wound or inflict grievous bodily harm (GBH) without intent
s.20 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Either Way
Assault