Crime and mental injury

Victims of crime often suffer mental injury as well. The following part of the Injury List describes the most significant violent crimes. If you click on any particular crime, you will see various succinct descriptions of the crime. Every description is followed by a category designation and the maximum compensation available in that case. This gives you an idea of the compensation awarded by the Fund. Note: because every situation is different and is assessed separately, you should not assume that you automatically qualify for the amount shown when making your application.

Sex crime

• sex crime without penetration (eg indecent handling), one-off, slight violence: category 1 (€ 550)
• sex crime without penetration, for a short period of time, with slight violence: category 2 (€ 1,400)
• sex crime without penetration, for a longer period of time: category 3 (€ 2,100) or category 4 (€ 2,750)
• sex crime with penetration, one-off, with slight violence: category 4 (€ 2,750)
• sex crime with penetration: category 5 (€ 4,150)
• sex crime with penetration, with aggravating circumstances (eg with considerable violence, in the victim’s own home, infection with a sexually transmitted disease): category 6 (€ 5,500)
• sex crime with penetration, under very serious circumstances, with very serious physical injury: category 7 (€ 8,250) 

Attack

• threat with a knife: category 1 (€ 550)
• threat with a firearm, not directly and at a distance: category 1 (€ 550)
• long lasting threat with a knife, or direct threat at a distance with a firearm: category 2 (€ 1,400)
• superficial cut wounds: category 2 (€ 1,400)
• more serious attack than category: category 3 (€ 2,100)
• direct threat with a firearm: category 4 (€ 2,750)
• non-superficial wounds (including stab wounds): category 4 (€ 2,750)
• long lasting direct threat with a firearm: category 5 (€ 4,150)
• direct threat with a firearm in the victim’s own home: category 5 (€ 4,150)
• shot wounds: category 5 (€ 4,150)

Domestic violence

• repeated violence, no sexual element: category 2 (€ 1,400)
• repeated violence, with sexual element(s): category 4 (€ 2,750)

Stalking

• stalking: category 2 (€ 1,400)

Arson

• victim is present, no burn injuries: category 2 (€ 1,400)

Other circumstances

• post-traumatic stress: categories 2 to 6 (€ 1,400 to € 5,500)
• uncertainty about the result of a test for HIV infection: category 2 (€ 1,400)
• very long lasting non-stable condition or change of character: category 7 (€ 8,250)
• permanent general physical dependence: category 8 (€ 9,100)
• permanent serious physical deformations: category 8 (€ 9,100)