Advice and assistance for people affected by criminal offences

Contact persons and counseling centers

Being victimised by a crime can give rise to a lot of questions. But you are not alone, because a number of governmental and non-governmental victim support organisations can provide assistance.

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Victim support services in Germany

Hilfe und Beratung - Kontaktstellen

The Federation, the Länder and many non-governmental victim support organisations are working together to effectively protect the victims of criminal offences.

Contact persons for financial support

Help and advice - Financial aid

What governmental contact point crime victims should turn to depends, among other things, on which type of support they need and what happened to them.

Victim commissioners and central contact points

Ansprechpartner Beratungsstellen - Bundesländer

The victim commissioners at the federal and Länder levels offer support for victims of specific criminal offences or attacks.

Victim support services in Germany

Hilfe und Beratung - Kontaktstellen

The Federation, the Länder and many non-governmental victim support organisations are working together to effectively protect the victims of criminal offences.

Contact persons for financial support

Help and advice - Financial aid

What governmental contact point crime victims should turn to depends, among other things, on which type of support they need and what happened to them.

Victim commissioners and central contact points

Ansprechpartner Beratungsstellen - Bundesländer

The victim commissioners at the federal and Länder levels offer support for victims of specific criminal offences or attacks.

Safe spaces are very valuable

Victim support organisations help victims of criminal offences cope with their situation, which is often new to them and can be very burdensome. Olivia Sarma heads one of these organisations and describes in this interview the type of support they offer.

Interview Olivia Sarma

Finding counselling services

Data provided by: ODABS - Online-Datenbank für Betroffene von Straftaten (Online Database for Victims of Crime).
Supported by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

For further questions please contact: odabskrimz.de.

If you became a victim of crime in a Member State of the European Union other than Germany and would like to receive information on the victim support services in that country, please use this link this link.

Data provided by: ODABS - Online-Datenbank für Betroffene von Straftaten.
Supported by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
In order for counselling centres to be displayed, your IP address will be forwarded to ODABS.
The data processed by ODABS can be consulted in its privacy policy . This means that in terms of data protection, ODABS is the controller pursuant to Article 4 para. 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation.

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