Press releases

VS responds to 'Violence at work' report

Thursday 31 March 2016

Victim Support responds to ‘Violence at work: Findings from the 2014/15 Crime Survey for England and Wales’.

VS responds to 11% rise in reported homicide cases

Thursday 21 April 2016

Victim Support responds to statistics from the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending December 2015 that show an 11% rise in reported homicide cases.

VS responds to APCC announcement re victim services funding

Friday 22 January 2016

Victim Support responds to the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) announcement today that it has had no confirmation about funding for victim services from April 2016.

VS responds to Bank of Terror fraud gang sentencing

Friday 29 April 2016

Victim Support responds to the Bank of Terror fraud gang sentencing.

VS responds to BBC on impact of burglary on victims

Tuesday 12 January 2016

Victim Support responds to BBC News online on the impact of burglary on victims.

VS responds to BBC Radio Northampton on impact of burglary

Tuesday 14 June 2016

Victim Support responds to BBC Radio Northampton on the impact of burglary on victims.

VS responds to BBC South East on burglary

Wednesday 27 January 2016

Victim Support responds to BBC South East on the support available to burglary victims.

VS responds to changes to Sentencing Council robbery guidelines

Monday 27 June 2016

Victim Support responds to changes by the Sentencing Council to robbery sentencing guidelines, which place greater emphasis on the harm caused to victims.

VS responds to Channel 4's '24 hours in Police Custody’ in relation to rape

Wednesday 15 June 2016

Victim Support responds to the Channel 4 programme '24 hours in Police Custody' in relation to rape.

VS responds to criminal court statistics

Thursday 31 March 2016

Victim Support responds to ‘Criminal court statistics (quarterly): October to December 2015’.