Emergency
Triple Zero (000)
For police, fire or ambulance.
Call Triple Zero (000) immediately if the incident is life-threatening, needs urgent police attendance or a serious crime is happening now.
For Police Assistance
131 444
Examples
- A disturbance or breach of the peace (antisocial behaviour)
- Something which has happened in the past
- A burglary including at a commercial property or a home with no occupant present
- Theft (including theft of a motor vehicle)
- Property damage
Crime Stoppers
1800 333 000
Examples
- General/suspicious activity
- Drugs
- Traffic
National Security Hotline
1800 1234 00
Examples
- Concerns about, or information on threats to Australia’s critical infrastructure
- Information on possible terrorist activity or, if you have seen or heard something suspicious that may need investigation by security agencies
State or Territory Crimes
Report these to your local police
Examples
- Abduction
- Assault
- Cybercrime – including online fraud, such as eBay, and internet scams
- Drink driving
- Drugs – drug dealers and drug users
- Fraud – including online and overseas frauds and scams
- Home invasions
- Kidnapping
- Missing persons
- Murder
- Rape or sexual assault
- Stalking – including online stalking
- Theft – including theft of mail once delivered
- Threats – including threats by phone, email, social networking sites, forums etc
- Traffic offences
Make a report to:
Commonwealth Crimes
Report these to the Australian Federal Police
Examples
- Aircraft, airport and aviation crimes
- Child sex offences by Australians in foreign countries
- Cybercrime committed against Commonwealth Government departments or information systems of national significance
- Drug importation and exportation
- People smuggling
- Human Trafficking – including trafficking for slavery, organ harvesting, sexual, domestic and/or labour servitude and forced marriage
- Online Child Exploitation (child abuse material)
- Terrorism
- Fraud against the Commonwealth government
- Theft from the Commonwealth government
- Assault on a Commonwealth official
- Threats against a Commonwealth official
OnlineCrimes
Report these to the authority listed against each crime
Online sexual exploitation most commonly includes grooming, live streaming, consuming child sexual abuse material, and coercing and blackmailing children for sexual purposes.
When making a report, it is helpful to collect evidence before the content is removed to show police exactly what happened. This includes chat, photos or videos by taking screenshots or photos. Where possible record the webpage addresses (URLs), social media details (including account or profile usernames), dates/times and any other information that you think is relevant.
Make a report to:
Click on the relevant State, Territory or OrganisationIf you encounter a description or depiction of child sexual abuse or other exploitative or offensive descriptions or depictions of a child (child sexual exploitation material) online or other illegal and harmful content, you can report it to the eSafety Commissioner.
eSafety works with the global INHOPE network to achieve rapid takedown of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) hosted overseas, and cooperates closely with Australian law enforcement when CSEM is hosted in Australia.
Make a report to:
Click on the relevant State, Territory or Organisation
Posting online, or threatening to post, another person’s intimate (private, nude or sexual) images without their consent is unlawful in Australia. It can be reported to the eSafety Commissioner or to local police.
eSafety has a range of powers to help with the removal of intimate images or videos and, in some cases, take action against the person who shared the images without consent.
Image-based abuse can be reported to either eSafety, or to State/Territory police, see links above in the State or Territory Crimes section.
Make a report to:
Click on the relevant State, Territory or OrganisationThe eSafety Commissioner operates a complaints scheme to tackle serious cyberbullying affecting an Australian child. eSafety can assist with the rapid removal of material targeting an Australian child when it is seriously threatening, seriously humiliating, seriously harassing, or seriously intimidating and the social media company has failed to remove that material within 48 hours of being notified about it through the social media’s own reporting channels.
Make a report to:
Click on the relevant State, Territory or OrganisationScamWatch is run by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). It provides information to consumers and small businesses about how to recognise, avoid and report scams.
Make a report to:
Click on the relevant State, Territory or Organisation
Report a cybercrime securely online to an appropriate Law Enforcement Agency.
Cybercrime is the use of a computer or online network to commit crimes such as fraud, online image abuse, identity theft or threats and intimidation. As cybercrime becomes more sophisticated, criminals are targeting individuals, businesses, education institutes and governments.
Make a report to:
Click on the relevant State, Territory or Organisation
Connect With Us
Neighbourhood Watch is a community led safety and awareness program working in partnership with police.
NHW aims to prevent crime, stop social isolation and increase the safety, security and quality of life for everyone in the community.
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Address: 2 Grattan Ct,
WANNIASSA, ACT 2903