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Protests - Potential offences during protests, demonstrations, or campaigns - Annex A

updated: 15 Jun & 11 Jul 2023; 31 Oct 2024; 14 Oct 2025; 24 Feb 2026

Prosecution Guidance Public Order and Regulatory Offences

Football Related Offences and Football Banning Orders

Updated: 07 August 2023, 22 July 2025

Prosecution Guidance Public Order and Regulatory Offences

Offences during Protests, Demonstrations or Campaigns

Updated: 02 May 2023; 29 Jun 2023; 04 Apr 2024; 22 Jul 2025; 14 Oct 2025; 14 May 2026

Prosecution Guidance Public Order and Regulatory Offences

Public Order Offences incorporating the Charging Standard

Updated: 8 Aug 2022, 13 Nov 2024, 1 Apr 2026

The criminal law in respect of public order offences is intended to penalise the use of violence and/or intimidation by individuals or groups. This document provides guidance about the charge which should be preferred if the criteria set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors are met.

Prosecution Guidance Public Order and Regulatory Offences

Trespass and Nuisance on Land

updated 18 October 2019; 2 September 2024

Trespass is not of itself a criminal offence. However there are some offences in which trespass is an essential element and this guidance sets out the most commonly encountered examples of such offences. Prosecutors should also have regard as appropriate to the CPS legal guidance on Public Order Offences and Offences during Protests, Demonstrations and Campaigns.

Prosecution Guidance Public Order and Regulatory Offences