Who do you think is the victim of a vulnerability crime?

Answer: All of them.

A person is vulnerable if they can’t protect themselves from harm or exploitation due to their personal or situational circumstances. Help us to clamp down on vulnerability crimes, protect vulnerable people and keep the communities of Ceredigion safe. 

Anyone can become vulnerable and fall victim to crime, at any time  due to their personal or situational circumstances.

What are vulnerability crimes?

Types of vulnerability crime might include, but are not limited to:

• Domestic abuse
• Scams and fraud
• County Lines (where illegal drugs are transported from one
  area to another, often by vulnerable people who are coerced into it by gangs)
• Cuckooing (where dealers take over a property belonging to a vulnerable person and use it as a base for their criminal activity)

What are the signs?

You can’t always spot the victim of a vulnerability crime. But you can help spot the signs.

Some signs to look out for in a potential victim include:

• Appearing anxious or scared
• Becoming withdrawn
• Breakdown of relationships
• New clothes and possessions
• Nocturnal activity
• Decline in standard of schoolwork
• Drug or alcohol use
• Physical harm
• New ‘friends’
• People coming and going from an address

How to report a vulnerability crime

Ceredigion has one of the lowest crime rates in the UK, but we need your help to keep it that way.

If someone is in immediate danger:

• Call 999

If it isn’t an emergency, but you want to discuss with the Police:

• Call 101
• If you’re deaf or hard of hearing, use the textphone services on
  18001 101 or 07811 311 908

Email  

To anonymously report crime or suspicious behaviour via Crimestoppers:

• Call 0800 555 111

crimestoppers-uk.org 

If you think you might be the victim of a crime, contact Dyfed-Powys Victim Support:

• Call 0300 123 2996

Victim Support 

To find out more about Ceredigion Community Safety Partnership’s Vulnerability Crimes Awareness Week

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