Pilot – Common Assault / Racially or religiously aggravated Common Assault Sentencing Guideline Survey in the magistrates’ courts

Please complete this form after you have read the hypothetical sentencing scenario for the offence.

If an offender has been sentenced for more than one common assault offence, please complete a form for the PRINCIPAL OFFENCE (the offence attracting the highest sentence). If the sentences are the same, please select the most recent.

The form should take 5-8 minutes to complete.

If you have any queries about completing this survey, please contact the Office of the Sentencing Council at: research@sentencingcouncil.gov.uk.