Criminal record check - UK

This check provides information about unspent convictions and conditional cautions only (excluding spent convictions). Very serious offenses will never be considered spent, but minor convictions such as being drunk and disorderly, will eventually drop off your Police record, in most cases, once the rehabilitation period has ended and will go from being an unspent conviction to spent.

In England and Wales, criminal record checks are conducted through the Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) government agency. We offer a basic DBS check (also known as a basic disclosure) — the most straightforward level of criminal record checking in the UK.

In Scotland, the search is conducted through the Disclosure Scotland government agency, and the Northern Ireland check is run by the Police Service.

The report is limited to criminal records from the time spent residing in the selected country and excludes any records from other countries.

The report is estimated to be delivered within 14 working days after receiving all required information.

See also: What are Remote's Background Check Services?