Children and Young Victims

Support is available for children and young people who have experienced a crime. If you want to report a crime to the police you can do this by calling 999 in an emergency, or 101 in a non-emergency.

You can also report a crime anonymously through Fearless which is the Crimestoppers website for children and young people.

Support is available whether you choose to report it or not and a list of local and wider support services is provided below.        

If you are a parent of a young victim of crime, you can encourage them to talk by

• Listening and not judging – making sure that they know they can talk to you
• Offering to help
• Giving them time and allowing them to make their own decisions
• Accessing support with them

Help and support available in Wiltshire

Youth Action Wiltshire, Splash Wiltshire 
communityfirst.org.uk

Children and young people, Swindon Borough Council 
www.swindon.gov.uk/children_and_young_people

Contact children's services, Wiltshire Council
www.wiltshire.gov.uk/Contact-children-services

Wider support for young people

Childline
www.childline.org.uk
Telephone: 0800 1111

NSPCC, Reporting child abuse and neglect
www.nspcc.org.uk
Telephone: 0800 800 500

Victim Support, You & Co
www.victimsupport.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 1689 111

Crimestoppers, Fearless, Give information about crime 100% anonymously
www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Telephone 0800 555 111