List of English criminal offences

This list of English criminal offences is a partial categorization of English criminal law offences.

## Offences against the person

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Main article: Offence against the person

## Offences against property

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Main articles: Property crime, Theft in English law, Robbery in English law, and Criminal Damage in English law

See also: Burglary and Blackmail

* Offences under the Explosive Substances Act 1883
* Offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990

## Firearms and offensive weapons

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See also: Gun law, Gun politics in the United Kingdom, and Offensive weapon

* Offences under section 1(1) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953
* Offences under sections 139 and 139A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988
* Offences under the Knives Act 1997

## Forgery, personation and cheating

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See forgery:

* Offences under Part I of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
* Falsification of pedigree, contrary to section 183(1)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925
* Improper alteration of the registers, contrary to section 124 of the Land Registration Act 2002
* Offences under section 8 of the Non-Parochial Registers Act 1840
* Offences under sections 36 and 37 of the Forgery Act 1861
* Forgery of passport, contrary to section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925
* Offences under sections 133 and 135 of the County Courts Act 1984
* Offences under section 13 of the Stamp Duties Management Act 1891; and supplementary offences under sections 14 and 15
* Offences under section 6 of the Hallmarking Act 1973
* Offences under section 126 of the Mental Health Act 1983
* Offences under sections 121 and 122(6) of the Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868

Motor vehicle document offences:

* Offences under section 97AA and 99(5) of the Transport Act 1968
* Offences under section 65 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981
* Offences under section 115 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
* Offences under section 173 of the Road Traffic Act 1988
* Offences under regulations 11(1) to (3) of the Motor Vehicles (E.C. Type Approval) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3107) made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972
* Offences under section 44 of the Vehicles Excise and Registration Act 1994
* Offences under regulations 10(1) to (3) the Motor Cycle (E.C. Type Approval) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1531) made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972
* Offences under section 38 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995

See personation:

* Personation of a juror
* Offences under section 90(1) of the Police Act 1996
* Offences under section 30(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005
* Offences under section 34 of the Forgery Act 1861
* Offences under section 24 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969
* Offences under section 60 of the Representation of the People Act 1983

See cheating:

* Offences under section 17 of the Gaming Act 1845
* Offences under section 1 of the Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951

## Offences against the state

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* High treason
* Misprision of treason
* Compounding treason
* Treason felony
* Attempting to injure or alarm the Sovereign, contrary to section 2 of the Treason Act 1842
* Contempt of the sovereign
* Trading with the enemy
* Offences under the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989
* Offences under the Incitement to Disaffection Act 1934
* Causing disaffection, contrary to section 91 of the Police Act 1996
* Causing disaffection, contrary to section 6 of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987
* Incitement to sedition or disaffection or promoting industrial unrest, contrary to section 3 of the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919
* Offences of procuring and assisting desertion under military law
* Offences relating to terrorism
* Offences of directing quasi military organizations and wearing uniforms for political purposes under the Public Order Act 1936
* Piracy iure gentium
* Piracy with violence, contrary to the Piracy Act 1837
* Offences under the Slave Trade Act 1824
* Offences under the Foreign Enlistment Act 1870
* Offences under the Immigration Act 1971
* Coinage offences under Part II of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
* Offences relating to public stores under the Public Stores Act 1875
* Offences relating to military stores under military law
* Offences against postal and electronic communication services
* Misconduct in public office
* Refusal to execute public office
* Offences of selling public offices under the Sale of Offices Act 1551 and Sale of Offices Act 1809
* Purchasing the office of clerk of the peace or under-sheriff, contrary to section 27 of the Sheriffs Act 1887
* Cheating the public revenue
* Offences under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979
* Tax evasion and money laundering offences

See also Offences against military law in the United Kingdom

## Harmful or dangerous drugs

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* Offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985, the Licensing Act 2003, section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and other provisions relating to tobacco, and the Drug Trafficking Act 1994.
* Offences under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.

## Offences against religion and public worship

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* Offences under sections 75 to 77 of the Marriage Act 1949

Offences of disturbing public worship

* Offences under section 2 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860
* Offences under section 7 of the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880
* Offences under section 59 of the Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847
* Offences under articles 18 and 19 of the Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977 (SI 1977/204)

## Offences against the administration of public justice

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* Doing an act tending and intended to pervert the course of public justice - a.k.a. perverting the course of justice, defeating the ends of justice, obstructing the administration of justice
* Concealing evidence, contrary to section 5(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1967
* Contempt of court a.k.a. criminal contempt
* Intimidation, contrary to section 51(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
* Taking or threatening to take revenge, contrary to section 51(2) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
* Perjury, contrary to section 1 of the Perjury Act 1911
* Perjury, contrary to section 6 of the Piracy Act 1850
* Offences under sections 2 to 4 of the Perjury Act 1911
* Making a false statutory declaration, contrary to section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911
* Offences under section 6 of the Perjury Act 1911
* Fabrication of false evidence
* Offences under section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967
* Offences under 106 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
* Offences under section 11(1) of the European Communities Act 1972
* Escape
* Permitting an escape
* Assisting a prisoner to escape, contrary to section 39 of the Prison Act 1952
* Breach of prison/breaking prison
* Rescue/rescuing a prisoner in custody
* Harboring an escaped prisoner, contrary to section 22(2) of the Prison Act 1952
* Taking part in a prison mutiny, contrary to section 1(1) of the Prison Security Act 1992
* Offences under section 128 of the Mental Health Act 1983
* Causing a wasteful employment of the police, contrary to section 5(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1967
* Administering an unlawful oath, contrary to section 13 of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835

## Public order offences

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See also: Drug crime, Prostitution, and Disorderly conduct

* Offences under the Public Order Act 1986
* Offences under section 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998
* Offences under Part V of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
* Offences under Part II of the Criminal Law Act 1977
* Offences under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977
* Bomb hoaxes, contrary to section 51 of the Criminal Law Act 1977

## Offences against public morals and public policy

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* Bigamy, contrary to section 57 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861

See also: Obscenity and Indecency

* Offences under section 2(1) of the Obscene Publications Act 1959
* Offences under section 2(2) of the Theatres Act 1968
* Certain offences under the Postal Services Act 2000
* Offences under section 1(1) of the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981
* Offences under section 1(1) of the Protection of Children Act 1978
* Offences under section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988
* Offences under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 consisting of importation in breach of the prohibition under section 42 of the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36)
* Offences under the Bribery Act 2010

## Protection of children and vulnerable adults

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* Child sexual exploitation
* Child trafficking
* Protection of Children Act 1978
* Offenses under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

## Protection of animals and the environment

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See Cruelty to animals#United Kingdom and Environmental crime

* Offenses under the Animal Welfare Act 2006
* Mutilation
* Docking (animal)
* Animal fighting

## Road traffic and motor vehicle offences

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Main article: United Kingdom traffic laws

## Participatory and inchoate offences

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See also: Accomplice, Aid and abet, Inchoate offenses, and Inchoate offences in English law

* Encouraging or assisting crime \- Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007
* Soliciting to murder, contrary to section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861
* Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence
* Conspiracy, contrary to section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977
* Conspiracy to defraud
* Conspiracy to corrupt public morals
* Conspiracy to outrage public decency
* Attempt, contrary to section 1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981

Parts 1 to 3 of Schedule 3 to the Serious Crime Act 2007 list numerous statutory offences of assisting, encouraging, inciting, attempting or conspiring at the commission of various crimes.

## Other

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See also: History of English criminal law § Common law offences

* Mayhem
* Kidnapping
* False imprisonment
* Cheating the public revenue
* High treason
* Misprision of treason (disputed - alleged to be statutory)
* Compounding treason
* Contempt of the sovereign
* Misconduct in public office
* Refusal to execute public office
* Doing an act tending and intended to pervert the course of public justice - a.k.a. perverting the course of justice, defeating the ends of justice, obstructing the administration of justice
* Contempt of court a.k.a. criminal contempt
* Fabrication of false evidence
* Escape
* Permitting an escape
* Breach of prison/breaking prison
* Rescue/rescuing a prisoner in custody
* Public nuisance
* Outraging public decency
* Conspiracy to defraud
* Conspiracy to corrupt public morals
* Conspiracy to outrage public decency
* Common assault aka assault (disputed - held to now be statutory, said obiter not to be)
* battery (disputed - held to now be statutory, said obiter not to be)
* Assault with intent to rob (may now be statutory)
* Rape
* Assault with intent to rape (continued existence disputed)

## See also

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* English criminal law

## Notes

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## References

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