How long does a public order offence stay on file (UK)?

Question

Anyone know how long a public order offense stays on your file before it becomes a spent conviction??

Thanks

Answer 1

Offenses are always recorded permanently unless requested to be expunged.

Answer 2

Depends on when it happened public order offences were not recordable until recent years so fingerprints and CRO forms were not sent to the PNC but they are now otherwise it becomes spent after a different periods depending what sentence you received etc.or if you re-offended during the rehabilitation period.If you didnt do time it is considered spent in 5 years.

Answer 3

Depends on the sentence you received. A prison sentence stays on longer than a non-custodial sentence. If its a Public Order Offence, then 3/4 years should be top whack.
For court and police purposes it never really expires, but if it is old then it will be ignored. And some jobs are exempt from this act - school teachers, child workers, etc.
Have a look at the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 on the net to understand this fully.
Hope this helps.

Answer 4

5 years

Answer 5

from what your saying, yuo recieved a conviction at court for a public order offence.
(S 5, 4a, 4 or 3)

These are on your PNC (police national computer) permanently.

And as such must be disclsoed to empoyers if asked.

If you recieve a Fixed Penalty notice or on the spot fine this does go on your PNC, but only known to the police, not disclosable to employers or things like that.

If you recieved a juvenile (17 or under) reprimand, caution or final warning, you do not have to disclose this to emplyers after your 18.


hope thats helped

Answer 6

It will remain on a police file until you die, however it is only disclosable to potential employers for approx 5 years, even then a public order offence won't, or shouldn't prejudice any job applications.
The exception to this is if you accepted a penalty notice for disorder, doing so absolves you of criminal mis-deeds and never needs to be declared. The only people who will ever know about it are people you tell or the police.

Answer 7

Cautions stay on the PNC for 5 years. If you were given an £80 ticket on the street it wont be on PNC at all and is not a caution or a conviction.

Answer 8

If it was a public demonstration then the file will be handed to other authorities or police forces for further evaluation.

Answer 9

I was actually told my friends was on CRB checks police records for employers for 10 years then cleared sorry but true for him