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CICA Calculator - Calculate your compensation award
Welcome to the Criminal-Injuries online CICA calculator.
This is a unique online tool that provides a guideline CICA compensation award for certain injury types. This is the only online calculator for criminal injury awards available on the UK web.
Important: Due to the complex method used by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) when assessing awards, we strongly recommend that you read the information below to learn more about the process.
Or you may continue directly to the calculator by selecting one of the following options:
Important notes about the calculator:
The following conditions and exclusions may apply to your Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Scheme application:
- Any application must be made as soon as possible and within 2 years of the assault or criminal act. There are some exceptions to this rule, particularly concerning matters of sexual abuse and psychological harm.
- An applicant must report the matter to the police as soon as possible after the assault or criminal act or take reasonable steps to make such a report.
- Any injuries suffered must be severe enough to warrant medical attention and this must be sought as soon as possible. See below for the criteria regarding minor injuries.
- An applicant must cooperate with and give reasonable assistance to the police during any investigation or subsequent prosecution.
- The applicants conduct at the time of the assault or crime taking place must be considered appropriate and reasonable. Compensation may be denied or reduced in certain circumstances.
- The applicants character with reference to available and current criminal record will be considered and compensation may be denied or reduced in certain circumstances.
Minor injuries
“Minor injury” for the purpose of the CICA Scheme must include 3 separate injuries of the type listed below with pain / suffering lasting for at least 6 weeks and the injured party must have sought medical attention on two separate occasions.
- Grazing, cuts, lacerations (no permanent scarring)
- Severe and widespread bruising
- Severe soft tissue injury (no permanent disability)
- Black eye(s)
- Bloody nose
- Hair pulled from scalp
- Loss of fingernail
Maximum award available = £1,000 lump sum
Minor injuries are not included in the calculator
More serious injuries
Important: How compensation is calculated
The standard amount of compensation is worked out by the CICA who adopt the following criteria:
- Assess whether the case involves a single injury or multiple injuries
- Confirm the severity level of the injury (see below)
- Apply compensation amount (Tariff) relevant to fixed scale and correspond to the severity level:
- Allow 100% of the Tariff amount for the most severe (highest rated level) injury
- Allow 30% of the Tariff amount for the second highest rated injury
- Allow 15% of the Tariff amount for the third highest rated injury
| Compensation Levels | |
| Level 1 | £1,000 |
| Level 2 | £1,250 |
| Level 3 | £1,500 |
| Level 4 | £1,750 |
| Level 5 | £2,000 |
| Level 6 | £2,500 |
| Level 7 | £3,300 |
| Level 8 | £3,800 |
| Level 9 | £4,400 |
| Level 10 | £5,500 |
| Level 11 | £6,600 |
| Level 12 | £8,200 |
| Level 13 | £11,000 |
| Level 14 | £13,500 |
| Level 15 | £16,500 |
| Level 16 | £19,000 |
| Level 17 | £22,000 |
| Level 18 | £27,000 |
| Level 19 | £33,000 |
| Level 20 | £44,000 |
| Level 21 | £55,000 |
| Level 22 | £82,000 |
| Level 23 | £110,000 |
| Level 24 | £175,000 |
| Level 25 | £250,000 |
About the severity levels of compensation
The CICA adopts a unique Tariff based formula to work out how much compensation a particular injury might be worth.
A scale of “severity” is considered which allows the CICA to increase or reduce compensation levels depending on the seriousness of a particular “single” injury and its impact on the injured victim.
There are 25 severity levels, each with a corresponding compensation award which can be applied to a single injury.
Level 1 represents the minimum award under this Scheme and is usually applied to minor injuries.
At the top end Level 25 represents the maximum award for any single description of injury.
Where the injury has the effect of accelerating or exacerbating a pre-existing condition, the compensation awarded will reflect only the degree of acceleration or exacerbation.
The list opposite details the available levels and the corresponding compensation awards.
