Report Crimes Anonymously UK

Crimestoppers is a simple but effective idea, helping in the fight against crime. Sadly, many people who are in the position to report on criminal activities are scared of doing so in case they might be identified. Crimestoppers helps solve this dilemma.

Anyone in the UK can now call a freephone number, 0800 555 111. The call is not traced and they are happy for you to use the 141 call number trace blocking service before you call them. You will be answered by a volunteer who will only ask questions about the crime – not about yourself. The calls are not recorded. Because it is a freephone number, it will not show up on any landline bill or standard mobile phone bill.

If you are in a dangerous personal position and fear your phone may be checked, make sure to erase the phone call from your 'last numbers called' memory on your landline or mobile (cell) phone.

The website http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org has an anonymous online information report which is encrypted to help prevent the submission being traced. If you are scared about your computer being checked for traces to Crimestoppers, it might be wise to delete your history and clear all browsing data from the computer as well, just to be on the safe side.

Crimestoppers was set up to enable people to report crimes and criminals completely anonymously, without any direct interaction with the police. Crimestoppers make sure that the information is completely sanitised of any connection to the caller, and then submit the report to the police or other appropriate authorities.

If the information given Crimestoppers leads to an arrest and criminal charges, the person who called Crimestoppers may receive a cash award, again, totally anonymously, by means of a code to be given to a local bank.

Crimestoppers is NOT an emergency response number - for that people should still call 999 in the UK.

The Crimestoppers website gives many other links and contacts which may also be useful. It explains what Crimestoppers can and cannot do.

Crimestoppers is a registered charity, and now handles all call information for the UK TV real crime series 'Crimewatch'. Information submitted to Crimestoppers has proved effective in solving many crimes and the arrest and conviction of numerous criminals. Good idea.

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Chris O. Also note, if you find a website operating illegally - in any way, including copyright and trademark infringement, counterfeiting, misrepresentation with intent to commit fraud, etc, and you can trace a British street address for the owner, you can report this to Crimestoppers from anywhere in the world. You don't need to be a resident or citizen of the UK to raise a complaint on their website, and the site you are complaining about doesn't have to have a UK domain name or be registered in the UK. It's the business address that counts. You will be given a reference number, if you ask, which is valid for a few weeks so that you can return anonymously and see if they've left any further questions for you, otherwise they just ask you to assume they've passed the information along.

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