Sentencing guidelines for use in Crown Court
How to use these sentencing guidelines
To find an offence-specific guideline, you can do any of the following:
- enter the name of the offence in the box below,
- use the offence-type drop-down list to select a related group of offences such as sexual offences or public order offences,
- search for keywords, eg bribery, knives, sex,
- enter the name of the relevant Act and/or section, eg Explosive Substances Act 1883, Public Order Act, section 5, or
- scroll down the A to Z list of offences (guidelines not yet in effect are listed in purple).
To find an overarching guideline:
- on this page, click on the heading Overarching Guidelines,
- on any page, click the icon in the left-hand menu.
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Abuse of position of trust: causing a child to watch a sexual act
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.19 -
Abuse of position of trust: causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.17 -
Abuse of position of trust: sexual activity in the presence of a child/ Abuse of position of trust: causing a child to watch a sexual act
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.18, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.19 -
Abuse of position of trust: sexual activity with a child/ Abuse of position of trust: causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.16, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.17 -
Administering a substance with intent
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.61 -
Arranging or facilitating sexual exploitation of a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.50 -
Arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.14 -
Assault by penetration
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.2 -
Assault of a child under 13 by penetration
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.6 -
Care workers: causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.41 -
Care workers: causing or inciting sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.39 -
Care workers: sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder/ Care workers: causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.40, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.41 -
Care workers: sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder/ Care workers: causing or inciting sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.38, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.39 -
Causing a child to watch a sexual act
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.12 -
Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.4 -
Causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act by inducement, threat or deception
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.37 -
Causing a person, with mental disorder impeding choice, to watch a sexual act
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.33 -
Causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.10 -
Causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.8 -
Causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.31 -
Causing or inciting prostitution for gain/ Controlling prostitution for gain
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.52, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.53 -
Causing or inciting sexual exploitation of a child/ Controlling a child in relation to sexual exploitation/ Arranging or facilitating sexual exploitation of a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.48, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.49, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.50 -
Child sex offences committed by children or young persons (sections 9-12) (offender under 18)/ Sexual activity with a child family member (offender under 18)/ Inciting a child family member to engage in sexual activity (offender under 18)
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.13, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.25, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.26 -
Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.62 -
Controlling a child in relation to sexual exploitation
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.49 -
Controlling prostitution for gain
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.53 -
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child/ Causing a child to watch a sexual act
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.11, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.12 -
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a person with mental disorder impeding choice/ Causing a person, with mental disorder impeding choice, to watch a sexual act
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.32, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.33 -
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence procured by inducement, threat or deception, of a person with mental disorder/ Causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act by inducement, threat or deception
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.36, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.37 -
Exposure
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.66 -
Inciting a child family member to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.26 -
Inciting a child family member to engage in sexual activity (offender under 18)
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.26 -
Indecent photographs of children
Protection of Children Act 1978 (section 1) -
Inducement, threat or deception to procure sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder/ Causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in or agree to engage in sexual activity by inducement, threat or deception
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.34, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.35 -
Keeping a brothel used for prostitution
Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.33A -
Meeting a child following sexual grooming
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.15 -
Paying for the sexual services of a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.47 -
Possession of indecent photograph of child/ Indecent photographs of children
Criminal Justice Act 1988, s.160, Protection of Children Act 1978 (section 1) -
Rape
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.1 -
Rape of a child under 13
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.5 -
Sex with an adult relative: consenting to penetration
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.65 -
Sex with an adult relative: penetration/ Sex with an adult relative: consenting to penetration
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.64, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.65 -
Sexual activity with a child family member (offender under 18)
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.25 -
Sexual activity with a child family member/ Inciting a child family member to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.25, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.26 -
Sexual activity with a child/ Causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.10, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.9 -
Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice/ Causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.30, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.31 -
Sexual assault
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.3 -
Sexual assault of a child under 13
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.7 -
Sexual communication with a child
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.15A -
Sexual offences – historical
Sexual Offences Act 1956 (unless otherwise stated) -
Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.63 -
Voyeurism
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.67