How do I report online?

From the homepage of our website, click ‘report’ and choose the category most appropriate for your incident. If none of them apply but you believe a crime has been committed, click 'report a crime'.

Answer the series of questions presented to you to establish whether reporting online is the best option for you.

If we do recommend you report your crime online, you will be taken to a form, where you will need to click start. Depending on the nature of what you're reporting, the form can take anywhere from 5-20 minutes to fill out.

First, we will ask for some details about yourself, and then your role in the incident that has occurred.

Next, you will need to tell us about what’s happened, followed by any evidence and / or witness / suspect details you have.

You can then review the report to ensure it’s all correct, and click submit.

You will hear back from us within 48 hours of submitting your report. We will either:

• Provide you with a crime reference number
• If we can’t take action, we will send you an explanation as to why, along with further advice
• Or, we will call you if we need more information, to clarify something in your report, or if there’s an opportunity to collect forensic evidence from you / the scene