{"id":250,"date":"2020-10-28T13:40:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victimsupport.org.uk\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:45:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:45:33","slug":"what-crime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.victimsupport.org.uk\/crime-info\/what-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a crime?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1716px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h1>What is a crime?<\/h1>\n<p>A crime is a deliberate act that causes physical or psychological harm, damage to or loss of property, and is against the law.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of different types of crime and nearly everyone will experience a crime at some point in their lives. Crime affects people from all backgrounds, locations and ages.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel that you\u2019ve been affected by crime in any way please\u00a0<a href=\"\/help-and-support\/get-help\">contact us<\/a>, even if you\u2019re not sure that the incident or event was a crime. You\u2019re not alone, and you can talk to us in confidence, regardless of when the crime took place or whether or not the police are involved.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about some of the\u00a0<a href=\"\/crime-info\/types-crime\">different types of crime<\/a>\u00a0and help available. You can learn more about how we can help by reading the stories of some of the\u00a0<a href=\"\/help-and-support\/people-weve-helped\">people we\u2019ve supported<\/a>\u00a0over the years.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like any information on staying safe, take a look at some of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/help-and-support\/keeping-safe\">hints and tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":219,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is a crime? - Victim Support<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There were 5.4 million crimes in England and Wales last year. 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