Your rights after crime
If you’ve been a victim or witness of crime, there are a number of rights that you are legally entitled to.
Your rights are different depending on if you were the victim, or a witness.
If you have been affected by crime but were not the victim or witness, we can still support you.
The Victim’s Code
You have the right to receive a certain level of service from the criminal justice system. The Victims’ Code sets out your rights and what you can expect from the agencies you’ll be dealing with.
The Witness Charter
There are basic standards you should expect if you’ve witnessed a crime. The Witness Charter sets out these rights.
The Victim’s Code
You have the right to receive a certain level of service from the criminal justice system. The Victims’ Code sets out your rights and what you can expect from the agencies you’ll be dealing with.
The Witness Charter
There are basic standards you should expect if you’ve witnessed a crime. The Witness Charter sets out these rights.
The criminal justice system
The criminal justice system is made-up of organisations that prevent, investigate and prosecute crime. This includes the police, courts and prison services.
The system contains a number of steps that happen from reporting a crime, through to an offender being sentenced.
We can help you understand how the Criminal Justice System works, and what to expect.
Reporting a crime
It’s your choice whether to report a crime to the police. You can get support from us regardless of if you report a crime or now.
If you’d like help reporting a crime, we can support you.
You don’t need to have reported a crime to get our support.
Contact us
There are three ways you can contact us directly.
0808 168 9291
00:00 – 00:00, Mon – Sun.
