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• Updated: 22 April 2025

How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.

• Updated: 22 November 2023

How to claim compensation if you've been seriously injured in a violent crime using the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) scheme.

• Overview

  You might be able to claim compensation if you were the victim of a…

• Eligibility

  The crime must have happened in England, Wales or Scotland. It must be…

• Start or continue a claim

  You can make a claim online. It does not cost anything to apply. You do…

• What happens next

  You’ll get a reference number when you submit your claim. Use the…

• Update a claim you’ve submitted

  You must contact the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) to…

• If you’re a victim who lived with the attacker before 1 October 1979

  The deadline to apply for compensation was 13 June 2021 if you were a…

Product security factsheet accompanying the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, outlining the problems the Bill will address and how.

• Updated: 1 December 2021

The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself

Information for British nationals who are victims of rape or sexual assault in the Cook Islands.

• Updated: 22 September 2023

Information for British nationals who are victims of rape or sexual assault in Tuvalu.

• Updated: 17 October 2023

Information for British nationals who are victims of rape and sexual assault in the Federated States of Micronesia.

• Updated: 9 October 2023

Information for British nationals who are victims of rape or sexual assault in Nauru.

• Updated: 17 October 2023

Information for British nationals who are victims of rape and sexual assault in Niue.

• Updated: 21 September 2023