# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Section 216: Meaning of “serious harm”

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) In this Chapter “serious harm” means harm from—
(a) conduct that—
(i) involves serious violence against a person,
(ii) endangers a person’s life, other than that of the person engaging in the conduct, or
(iii) creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public, or
(b) the threat of such conduct.
(2) For this purpose, a reference to conduct or a person is to conduct or a person in any part of the world.
(3) See also section 215(5) (which provides that “the public” means the public in any part of the world).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/216 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-216
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