Violent crime often takes place in public spaces or residential homes and may include the use of weapons, such as knives. The impacts of violent crime are significant, regardless of whether or not it results in injury.
Violent crime often takes place in public spaces or residential homes and may include the use of weapons, such as knives. The impacts of violent crime are significant, regardless of whether or not it results in injury.
Everyone is different and how you respond to the effects of a violent crime is not dependant on how ‘serious’ or ‘bad’ the crime was.
Some people manage the effects and recover more easily than others – what may be incredibly distressing to some, may not be to others. It’s important to know, it’s not your fault and we can help you.
Things do get easier; the impact of the event and the emotions that come with this kind of crime often pass with time. Please contact us if you need our support.
Firstly, you do not have to have reported a crime to the police to get support from our team.
Many crimes do go unreported as some victims can feel it is not worth involving the police if there has been no personal injury or damage to property, despite how traumatic it’s been.
You may feel it’s too stressful to go to the police, or that you will feel you are bothering them for something trivial when there are more important things going on. Sometimes people can avoid reporting a crime because they feel intimidated or fear reprisals – these are completely valid feelings and no-one can or will force you to report a crime. We are here for you either way.
If you’ve been affected by violent crime it is quite normal to:
My Care Officer explained the Court process and allowed me to talk about the incident, which enabled me to get everything off my chest, She was just very supportive; I would like to thank you for being there for me, being supportive and helping me get through things.