This offence is created by section 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. Causing grievous bodily harm with intent
Also referred to as "wounding with intent". This offence is created by section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.Other aggravated assault charges refer to assaults carried out against a specific target or with a specific intent:

Assault with intent to rob
The penalty for assault with intent to rob, a common law offence, is provided by section 8(2) of the Theft Act 1968. Racially or religiously aggravated common assault
This offence is created by section 29(1)(c) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Racially or religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm
This offence is created by section 29(1)(b) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Assault with intent to resist arrest
The offence of assault with intent to resist arrest is created by section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. Assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty
Section 89(1) of the Police Act 1996 provides that it is an offence for a person to assault either:
a constable acting in the execution of his duty; or
a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty.Assaulting a traffic officer
This offence is created by section/10 section 10(1) of the Traffic Management Act 2004. Assaulting a person designated or accredited under sections 38 or 39 or 41 or 41A of the Police Reform Act 2002
This offence is created by section/46 section 46(1)] of the Police Reform Act 2002.
The Offences against the Person Act 1861 creates the offences of:

Common assault and battery: a summary offence, under section 42;
Aggravated assault and battery: a summary offence, under section 43
Common assault: under section 47
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm: under section 47The Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 creates the offences of:

Assault with intent to resist arrest: under section 7(1)(b); this offence was formerly created by s.38 of the OAPA 1861.That Act formerly created the offence of Assault on a constable in the execution of his duty. under section 7(1)(a), but that section has been superseded by section 66(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c.32) which now provides that it is an offence for a person to, amongst other things, assault a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty. United States
In the United States, assault may be defined as an attempt to commit a battery. However, the crime of assault can encompass acts in which no battery is intended, but the defendants act nonetheless creates reasonable fear in others that a battery will occur.Four elements were required at common law:
The apparent, present ability to carry out;
An unlawful attempt;
To commit a violent injury;
Upon another.As the criminal law evolved, element one was weakened in most jurisdictions so that a reasonable fear of bodily injury would suffice. These four elements were eventually codified in most states.