Report crime

Report any information about an unsolved crime or suspicious activity anonymously:

• 1800 333 000
• crimestoppers.com.au

If there is no immediate danger or you want to report non-urgent crime, contact the 24-hour Police Assistance Line. The information you provide over the phone is immediately available to your local police.

• 131 444

You can report terrorism, threats and suspicious activity that may relate to national security issues to the National Security Hotline.  

• 1800 123 400
• SMS to 0429 771 822 or email hotline@nationalsecurity.gov.au
• nationalsecurity.gov.au

Report concerns about cybercrime or cybersecurity incidents to the Australian Cyber Security Centre.

• 1300 292 371
• cyber.gov.au

You can report scams to Scamwatch at the National Anti-Scam Centre to help them stop scammers and warn others.

• scamwatch.gov.au

If you are experiencing cyberbullying, you can report it to the eSafety Commissioner. This reporting system is also for flagging illegal, inappropriate or offensive online content and image-based abuse.

• esafety.gov.au/report

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

You can report suspected fraud or non-compliance directly to the NDIS Fraud Reporting and Scams Helpline.

• 1800 650 717 
• fraudreporting@ndis.gov.au
• ndis.gov.au

Illicit tobacco

If you suspect that illicit tobacco is being grown, manufactured or sold in your community you can report it anonymously to the Australian Taxation Office by:

• making a tip-off
• phoning 1800 060 062
• ato.gov.au

If you know someone who might be involved in importing illegal tobacco:

• call 1800 009 623
• report them via Border Watch.

Serious financial crime

The Serious Financial Crime Taskforce tackles the most serious forms of financial crime. If you are concerned that you or someone you know is doing the wrong thing, you can confidentially tell us about it.

To report any known or suspected illegal behaviour you can either:

• make a tip-off
• phone 1800 060 062.

If you’ve seen inappropriate behaviour towards children online you can report it to the Australian Federal Police led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation. This includes:

• suspected online grooming or inappropriate contact
• an individual having a conversation with a child online and saying and doing inappropriate things or trying to meet in person
• live streaming and consuming child sexual abuse material
• coercing and blackmailing children for sexual purposes, including sexual extortion. 

Report abuse:

• accce.gov.au/report
• Anonymously via Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 

Each Australian police agency operates the National Child Offender Register in accordance with the respective legislation of their state or territory. Please direct any requests about information contained on this system to the Child Protection Unit in the relevant police agency as listed below.