Crimestoppers - information for users

• Crimestoppers is not a police department despite the fact that police vans often carry the Crimestoppers phone number.
• Crimestoppers is a charity funded by donations.
• It provides a freephone number for the reporting of information about Crime - 0800 555 111.
• If you call this number you are calling a call centre in Glasgow.
• Your phone call cannot be traced and will not be taped.
• Your name and address will not be asked for.
• You will be thanked for any information about crime that you can give and you will not be hassled to do more.
• You will not be visited or called back by the police.
• You will not be asked to make a statement nor to visit a police station or a court.
• The information you provide will be passed to the local police.
• Crimestoppers is not an alternative to dialling 999 - it cannot help in an emergency.
• Crimestoppers cannot get a quicker response to a problem than phoning the police.
• Crimestoppers helps people who have new information, would fear phoning the police direct but want something done.
• Crimestoppers are interested in calls about all crimes including domestic violence, wildlife crime, road traffic crime, rail crime, fraud, theft.
• Even a small piece of information can be helpful.
• 65% of people arrested/charged as a result of Crimestoppers information were not known to the police or not suspected of the crime in question.
• Calls to Crimestoppers make a difference.
• Crimestoppers works in partnership with the emergency services, government, media and businesses but is independent.

More information is available from Michelle Herd, Project Officer for Grampian & Highland:

• Phone: 01224 337048
• or email michelle.herd@crimestoppers-uk.org