Crime reporting and protecting your community

If you need emergency help or there is a situation that may become heated or violent, you should:

• telephone the police on 999
• contact 18000 if you are a textphone user
• text the police on 999 (but you must be registered for the emergencySMS service)

If you want to report a crime, but the situation is not an emergency, you should:

• telephone the police on 101
• make a report to the police online
• make a report at a police station (find your local police station)
• contact 18000 if you are a textphone user

If you want to report a crime, but you do not want to give your name, you can make an anonymous report by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.