You can include both Group A and Group B offenses in the same XML-based incident. To make sure you are doing so correctly, please consider the following rules:


  1. Report only one <Offense> tag for each Group A offense. 
  2. Only report victims for the Group A offenses.
    • Do not include a <Person> tag for any non-person victim (e.g. business, society, etc.)
    • Only include the <RoleOfPerson> tag if the victim is a person.
  3. Only include one <Arrestee> tag for each person arrested.
  4. Only include one <Arrest> tag for each person arrested. Choose the single most important offense for which the person was arrested, whether it's a Group A or Group B offense. 
  5. A Group B offense can only be included in a Group A Arrest Offense, in the <ArrestChart> tag. Only Group A offenses can be specified as an offense using the <OffenseUCRCode> tag.