The Definition of an Olympic Offence

For the purposes of Ministerial counting of Olympic offences, the Metropolitan Police definition of an Olympic offence is to be used. Cases that fall within this definition will be flagged up on charge sheets and recorded by HMCTs on its LIBRA system. 

The MPS definition is:

"Any crime that has or may have an impact upon the effective delivery or image of the Games".

For the purposes of listing arrangements and the fast tracking of cases where necessary, a more narrower definition has been developed by the CJS Olympics Working Group:

"Any offence which is:

1. committed and charged in the period 1 May to 30 September 2012
2. stated by any court to be directly connected to the 2012 Olympic or Paralympics Games

where ‘directly related’ means

1. it is committed on any Olympic Site or venue, or any training facility or
2. the complainant or defendant is connected with the Games as a spectator, competitor, official, an employee/worked at an Olympic site, a member of a national Olympic team in any capacity, or is attending the Games as an accredited representative of a media organisation.