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Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services (VOCCS) is not affiliated with or a division of Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT). VOCCS is a private entity providing professional services to victims of crime in Victoria.


Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services, Victoria

Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services  provides a totally free, prompt, professional and complete compensation and counselling service to victims of crime in Victoria.

Crime Compensation can be up to $100,000.00. Compensation to a primary victim of crime can be to $70,000.00 and a secondary victim of crime to $60,000.00.

Complete our ONLINE ENQUIRY FORM            now for immediate assistance or FREECALL  1800 000 055 for advice.

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Are You Eligible?

You may be eligible for crimes compensation and other support if :

  • You have been directly injured as the result of a crime in Victoria
  • You have suffered either physically or psychologically
  • The crime was reported to police and you have a police statement
  • The crime was committed in Victoria in the last 2 years*
  • You are related to a crime victim

Crimes that may have impacted you or others include :  physical assault, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, domestic abuse, violent robbery, aggravated burglary, child abuse, childhood sexual abuse, stalking, threats to kill, workplace assault, murder, culpable driving, dangerous driving, bullying, breach of intervention order or any other crime committed against a person. Matters such as childhood sexual abuse and ongoing domestic violence may have occurred beyond 2 years*.

NEWS AND INFORMATION

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Physical Assault in Noble Park

On the 20-02-12 sometime before 9.30 pm a twenty-six-year-old male was walking home after visiting friends when he was confronted by a group of men who glassed him and knocked him unconscious causing face and head injuries and he was later treated at the Dandenong Hospital. The police are appealing for witnesses to provide them [...]

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Sexual Assault in Thornbury

On the 19-02-12 at around 11.40pm a twenty-three-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in Thornbury. The assailant with a bicycle passed her and then put his bike on the ground and turned back and proceeded to assault the woman. Police are calling for any witnesses to contact them immediately. In 2010 in Victoria there were 2,995 [...]

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Armed robbery at Port Melbourne Pharmacy

On the 18-01-12 at around 2.00 pm a man wearing a black baseball cap and black gloves and carrying a firearm entered the pharmacy and demanded money from the two shop assistants. No one was injured and the assailant was last seen running down Bay Street. Victims of armed robberies often suffer from trauma related [...]

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Armed Robbery at St Kilda Convenience Store

On the 13-01-12 at around 4.35 am an offender armed with a firearm entered a St Kilda convenience store and demanded money which he stole and then fled. In 2010 there were approximately three armed robberies each day in Victoria. When a crime occurs in a workplace the victim may be entitled to seek assistance [...]

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Sexual assault in South Yarra

On the 27-01-12 at around 2.30 am a twenty-four-year-old man was walking along the street when he was pushed against a fence and a sharp object put to his back before being sexually assaulted. A passing motorist’s headlights disrupted the attacker and the assailant then fled. In 2010 in Victoria there were 3,466 victims of [...]

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Teenager attacked in CBD

On the 17-01-12 at around 3.55 pm a seventeen-year-old St. Albans boy was assaulted in the CBD after stepping off a tram suffering facial fractures. The victim reported being concussed and unable to recall details of the incident. Witnesses are encouraged to call the police with any information. In you have been the victim of [...]

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Sixty-one-year-old woman attacked in Hoppers Crossing

On Australia Day 2012 the offender forced his way through the victim’s front door and pushed the sixty-one-year-old victim to the ground and then threatened her with a knife before removing money from her purse and fleeing. In Victoria in 2010 there were almost two reported physical assaults a day perpetrated against victims aged over [...]

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Armed Robberies in Clayton and Oakleigh

On the 01-02-12 at around 3.30 pm two males entered the rear of a supermarket in Oakleigh East, one with a firearm, and demanded cash from the attendants at the front counter and then fled with a large amount of money. On the same day at around 9.10 pm three offenders wearing masks entered The [...]

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Bag Snatching in Preston and Northcote

There has been a series of bag snatching incidents at the Preston Market and the Northcote Plaza which has resulted in the police asking shoppers to be extra cautious and vigilant. Police describe bad snatching as crimes of opportunity and advise shoppers to keep handbags close to their bodies and either concealed or facing away [...]

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Indian Man Physically Assaulted in Melbourne CBD

On the 05-02-12 the thirty-three-year-old Indian man was attacked by a group of unknown male assailants who quickly fled the scene. The victim sustained a broken jaw which was surgically treated at the St Vincent’s Hospital. Police are calling for anyone with information to come forward. In 2010/2011 there were around 2700 recorded assaults in [...]

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