Petition · Home Office
Add Assault of a Roadworker to the Crime and Policing Bill
Closed
6,800 signatures
What the petition asks
The Crime and Policing Bill, includes a specific new offence of assaulting retail workers. Given the increasing levels of abuse, verbal and physical, towards road workers and we think they should be added to the legislation.
No one should go to work and suffer abuse by doing their job, 1 in 4 road workers suffer abuse regularly, and we think this could be higher as it goes unreported as they believe nothing can or will be done. We think this is not acceptable and there needs to be consequences this occurs, we need to ensure that there is also more awareness around this.
Timeline
| 24 Apr 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 24 Oct 2025 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
6,800
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office
Opened
24 Apr 2025
Closed
24 Oct 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 29 Jul 2026.