How long do criminal offences last on a crb check?

Answer 1

CRB checks were replaced by DBS checks in 2012. DBS checks will show your entire criminal record (spent and unspent) unless that information is eligible for filtering.

Any offence on the list of offences that will never be filtered will show for life.

On enhanced DBS checks, the police may include any intelligence they hold about you if they think it may be relevant to a recruitment decision.

Cautions not on the list of offences that will never be filtered will stop showing 6 years after they were issued (2 years if you were under 18 when caution).

Convictions not on the list of offences that will never be filtered will stop showing 11 years after they were issued (5.5 years if you were under 18 when caution) but ONLY if:

• You only have one conviction offence, and
• You did not receive a custodial sentence

Answer 2

CRB checks were replaced by DBS checks in 2012.

The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10, so offenses omitted before the age of 10 will not show up but offenses committed after that will always show up unless they become eligible for filtering.

Cautions (including reprimands and final warnings) given to persons under 18 will become eligible for filtering after 2 years provided the offense is not on the prescribed 'list of offenses that will never be filtered from a DBS certificate.'

Convictions given to a person under 18 will become eligible for filtering after 5.5 years provided:

• The offense is not on the prescribed 'list of offenses that will never be filtered from a DBS certificate', and
• the individual only has one conviction offense, and
• the conviction did not result in a custodial sentence.

Answer 3

Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Checks were replaced by Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks in 2012. DBS checks typically take two to four weeks however there is no upper time limit and some unlucky applications will take much longer.

Answer 4

DBS check replaced CRB checks in 2012.

• If the applicant has more than one conviction offence, all convictions will show up for life.
• If the conviction resulted in a custodial sentence (whether or not served), it will show up for life.
• If the conviction offence is on the prescribed list of offences that will never be filtered from a DBS check, it will show for life.

If the individual only has one conviction offence, it did not result in a custodial sentence and it is not on the above list, it will stop showing up after 11 years have passed since the date of conviction (5.5 years if the individual was under 18 when convicted). If the individual receives another conviction after this, it will show again but this time will never be removed.

Answer 5

CRB checks were replaced by DBS checks in 2012. Convictions that resulted in a custodial sentence (whether or not served) will show up on a DBS check forever.

Answer 6

In the U.S. -- unless the offense was committed prior to your 18th birthday your adult criminal history will always be available - they do not 'go away' as time passes.