Fast And Free Criminal Injury Claim Calculator

This guide will explore how criminal injury claim calculator could help you understand how much compensation you may be eligible to receive. 

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A guide on using a criminal injury claim calculator

Additionally, we will explain what criteria you need to meet to make a criminal injury claim.

There are two different avenues you can take to make a criminal injury claim.

In some cases, you could make a claim directly against the perpetrator or another vicariously liable third party. Alternatively, if the perpetrator is unknown or does not have the means to pay compensation, you could make your claim through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA).

We will explore these in more detail throughout our guide, including how the compensation you receive could depend on the type of claim you make.

Additionally, we will provide information on the services a solicitor from our panel could offer under a type of No Win No Fee arrangement.

We understand that you may want to speak to someone personally about your claim. If so, you can contact one of our friendly advisors for some free legal advice regarding your potential claim.

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  1. What is a Criminal Injury?
  2. Criminal Injury Claim – Can I Make One?
  3. Criminal Injury Claim Calculator – What Could I Receive?
  4. CICA Claim – What Evidence Will You Need?
  5. No Win No Fee Solicitors – What are the Advantages?
  6. Learn More About Using a Criminal Injury Claim Calculator

What is a Criminal Injury?

A criminal injury is an injury caused by another person acting with criminal intent. Examples can include an injury sustained in a mugging incident, sexual abuse or common assault.

You could suffer from various injuries due to someone’s criminal actions, such as scarring, broken limbs, twists or sprains. All of these could negatively impact your quality of life and may also impact your mental health.

It is important to note that criminal injury claims differ from personal injury claims. While personal injury claims revolve around proving negligence, criminal injury claims are meant for people who have been victims of a criminal injury.

If you are eligible to seek compensation, a criminal injury calculator may be able to help you get an estimate of how much you could receive. Speak with one of our advisors for more information.

Criminal Injury Claim – Can I Make One?

As mentioned, there are different avenues you can take to seek criminal injury compensation. If you claim through the CICA, there are certain eligibility criteria that you must meet, such as: 

  • You must have reported the incident to the police.
  • You need to make your claim within the relevant time limits. 
  • The incident must have happened in England, Scotland or Wales or another relevant place. A relevant place could include a ship registered to either England, Scotland or Wales.
  • You must have been injured in a crime of violence. This can include an attack, threat of attack, sexual assault, arson, and an act or omission of a violent nature that causes harm.

You may also be able to claim if you witnessed the immediate aftermath of an incident where a loved one was criminally injured. However, you must be able prove that you sustained a mental injury that was disabling.

You could also claim if you were bereaved due to the crime of violence, even if you didn’t see the incident or aftermath. However, you must be a qualifying relative. If you qualify, you could receive a bereavement payment or another type of payment that’s relevant.

Furthermore, you could make your claim against the person who injured you directly (the perpetrator). However, this can generally only be done if you know who the perpetrator was and know if they have the funds or assets available to them to pay you compensation.

Alternatively, you could claim against a vicariously liable party. For example, if you were sexually abused at school but the school did not perform a DBS check on that teacher. This could have highlighted instances like this in the past, stopping them from being hired. If so, you could make your claim against the school before going to the CICA for a settlement.

There may be different criteria for claiming directly against the perpetrator or other third party. Get in touch for more information. An advisor can provide further guidance and can also discuss how a criminal injury claim calculator could help you estimate the value of your claim.

Criminal Injury Claim Calculator – What Could I Receive?

When making a claim through the CICA, you could receive a payment for the injuries you sustained as a result of the violent crime. You can only receive compensation for up to three injuries. If you are claiming for multiple injuries, you will receive:

  • The full tariff value for the most serious injury
  • 30% of the tariff value for the second most serious injury
  • 15% of the tariff value for the third most serious injury.

An additional tariff payment may also be paid to you in cases were you became pregnant, a foetus was lost or a sexually transmitted disease was contracted as a direct result of your injury or the assault.

Your injuries will be valued in line with the tariff of injuries set out in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012. We have included examples of these figures in the table below.

InjuryNotesAmount
BurnsBurns cover more than 25% of the total skin and affect multiple areas of the body. There is also significant scarring.£33,000
AnkleBoth ankles have been dislocated or fractured, which results in an ongoing significant disability.£16,500
Head and NeckScarring to the face that causes serious facial disfigurement.£11,000
BackThe invertebral discs have been ruptured and will require surgical removal.£11,000
Mental InjuryA disabling mental injury that has been confirmed by either diagnosis or prognosis of a psychiatrist. It lasts between 2-5 years.£6,200
HandOne hand has been fractured and will cause an ongoing significant disability.£3,500
EyePermanently blurred or double vision that is slight.£2,400
KneeBoth knees have been fractured, but there has been a substantial recovery.£2,400
ShoulderBoth shoulders have been dislocated, but there will be a substantial recovery.£1,800
Skull The skull has sustained a simple fracture that will not require an operation.£1,000

If you make your claim directly against the perpetrator or another vicariously liable third party, your settlement may be valued differently. You can get in touch with our team for more information. They can guide you through how to use a criminal injury claim calculator to estimate the value of your claim.

What Else Could You Get From a CICA Claim?

Additionally, within your criminal injury settlement, you could receive special expenses. Some special expenses you could claim include:

  • Any equipment you relied on, such as a physical aid that was damaged in the incident.
  • Adaptations to your home.
  • Special equipment, such as physical aids.

Additionally, you could claim back loss of earnings. However, you will need to provide evidence that you could not work for at least 28 full weeks after the incident. You will only be compensated for loss of earnings from the 29th week. Before this point, you could receive statutory sick pay

Find out more about criminal injuries compensation by calling our team.

CICA Claim – What Evidence Will You Need?

To make a successful criminal injury claim through the CICA, you must provide relevant evidence. The evidence you may be required to provide includes:

  • Proof you meet the residency requirements
  • A police reference number to prove you reported the incident.
  • Medical evidence, such as a copy of your medical report stating your injuries.
  • Evidence of special expenses, such as receipts.

For more guidance on what evidence you will need or to see how a criminal injury claim calculator works, speak with us today.

No Win No Fee Solicitors – What are the Advantages?

If you are considering hiring a solicitor to represent your criminal injury claim but are concerned about the financial costs, our panel of solicitors may be able to help you by offering a type of No Win No Fee service called a Conditional Fee Agreement.

Under this agreement, you will not have to pay for their services if the claim fails. If your claim succeeds, you will need to pay a success fee. This will be a small, legally capped amount taken from your compensation. 

Speak with a team member for more information on whether a No Win No Fee solicitor from our panel could represent your claim. Alternatively, they can let you know how to use a criminal injury claim calculator to estimate the value of your claim.

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