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Victims of crime

If you are a victim of crime or have witnessed a crime, contact the local police. If the matter is urgent, phone 000 and ask for police.

To make a report to police where there is no urgency, for all states/territories except Victoria, phone 131 444.

You can also report a crime anywhere in Australia to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or through www.crimestoppers.com.au. Reports to Crime Stoppers can be anonymous.

Access to Justice is about helping you find someone in your area who can provide information, help you understand your options, and decide what to do.

An emergency translation service is available at 1300 655 010.

Go to these web pages to find your local police:

• Australian Capital Territory:  http://www.police.act.gov.au/contact.aspx      
• New South Wales: http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/structure/operations_command/local_area_commands  
• Northern Territory:  http://www.pfes.nt.gov.au/Police/Contact-police.aspx
• Queensland:  http://www.police.qld.gov.au/Regional+Policing/    
• South Australia: http://www.police.sa.gov.au/sapol/contact_us/find_your_local_police_station.jsp  
• Tasmania:  http://www.police.tas.gov.au/contact-us/  
• Victoria: http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=7    
• Western Australia: http://www.police.wa.gov.au/LocalPolice/SearchLocalPolice/tabid/906/Default.aspx  

For details of victim support services, see our  Victims organisations page

Please note that the Australian Institute of Criminology is a research agency and does not have any powers to investigate or advise on individual crimes.

Other resources

Publications

• Insights into sexual assault perpetration : giving voice to victim
  survivors' knowledge , Australian Institute of Family Studies. 2010
• National Crime Victimization Survey supplement : victims of identity theft, 2008
  Lynn Langton and Michael Planty, Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2010
• Hong Kong : the United Nations international crime victim survey : final report of the Hong Kong UNICVS
  Roderic Broadhurst ... [et al.], University of Hong Kong and Australian National University. Apr 2010
• A focus on victims of crime : a review of victims' rights : public consultation document  
  New Zealand Ministry  of Justice. 2009
• A victim's voice : victim impact statements in Victoria : findings of an evaluation into the effectiveness of victim impact statements in Victoria
  Victims Support Agency, Department of Justice. 2009
• An analysis of best practice program models in family violence
  Lisa Harris, Guy Johnson and Naomi Bailey, Salvation Army. 2009
• Criminal victimisation in international perspective : key findings from the 2004-2005 ICVS and EU ICS
  Jan J M van Dijk, John van Kesteren and Paul Smit, The Hague : Boom Juridische Uitgevers. 2008

Websites

• International victimology website
• International Crime Victim Surveys
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (US) Victims of crime resources
• World Society of Victimology

Recent publications

• Australian crime: Facts & figures: 2011
  03 March 2012
• Misperceptions about child sex offenders
  30 September 2011
• Risk factors for advance fee fraud victimisation
  28 August 2011
• Online interactions involving suspected paedophiles who engage male children
  10 December 2010
• Responding to intimate partner violence victimisation: Effective options for help-seeking
  16 March 2010
• Mental health, abuse, drug use and crime: does gender matter?
  11 November 2009
• Child complainants and the court process in Australia
  06 August 2009
• Intimate partner abuse of women in a Central Queensland mining region
  24 July 2009
• Intrafamilial adolescent sex offenders: psychological profile and treatment
  22 July 2009
• What Australians think about crime and justice: results from the 2007 Survey of Social Attitudes
  01 May 2009
• Victims of armed robbery by location
  22 April 2009
• Child victims of homicide
  04 December 2008
• Preventing and dealing with armed robbery through staff training
  08 August 2008
• Trafficking of women for sexual purposes
  01 July 2008
• Risk factors in Indigenous violent victimisation
  01 May 2008

AIC events

• Meeting the needs of victims of crime
  18 May 2011
• Trailblazing victims €™ rights as human rights: the quest for clarity
  16 May 2011
• Young people, risk and resilience: The challenges of alcohol, drugs and violence conference
  07 March 2011
• Vulnerable People Policing: inclusion or exclusion of target groups?
  17 November 2009
• Child sexual abuse : justice response or alternative resolution
  01 May 2003