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We are Victim Support

We are the national charity giving free and confidential help to victims of crime, witnesses, their family, friends and anyone else affected across England and Wales. We also speak out as a national voice for victims and witnesses and campaign for change.

We are not a government agency or part of the police and you don't have to report a crime to the police to get our help. You can call us any time after the crime has happened, whether it was yesterday, last week or several years ago.

We have offices throughout England and Wales and we run the Witness Service in every criminal court.

Call our Victim Supportline on 0845 30 30 900 to get help now.

Top News

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Response to HMIC report into Kent Police crime recording

Victim Support responds to the recent Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) report into Kent Police’s crime recording.

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Reaction to the new guidelines on prosecutors' approach to child sexual abuse cases

Today it was announced that there will be new guidelines published for prosecutors' on how to tackle cases involving child sexual abuse, which will take effect immediately.

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Announcement of new pre-recorded evidence measures

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced today that the Ministry of Justice is commencing Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.