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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 referral services to victims of crime in Victoria Australia.


Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services - Victoria, Australia

Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services Victoria provides a free, prompt and professional compensation & counselling referral and support service to victims of crime.

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                  CALL 1800 000 055 for advice.

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“Supporting the rights of Victims of Crime in Victoria, Australia”

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Victims of Crime Eligibility:

Victims of crime may be eligible for crime compensation and other support services if:

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

Crimes that have impacted victims may include : physical assault, sexual assault, domestic violence, domestic abuse, armed robbery, violent robbery, aggravated burglary, child abuse, child sexual abuse, indecent assault, home invasion, stalking, threats to kill, workplace assault, murder, culpable driving, dangerous driving, road rage, breach of an intervention order or any other violent crime committed against a person. Matters such as childhood sexual abuse and ongoing domestic violence may have occurred beyond two years*.

NEWS AND INFORMATION

Indecent Assaults – Melbourne

On the 29-03-12 and again on the 12-04-12 a male indecently assaulted two separate females while travelling on a tram along St. Kilda Road resulting in an arrest on the 18-04-12. If you have been the victim of sexual assault call Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services for assistance on 1800 000 055 or [...]

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Attempted Sexual Assault – Seaford Victoria

On the 22-04-12 at around 2.30 am a nineteen-year-old female victim was walking along a street in Seaford when she was approached by an adult male assailant from behind who punched her several times to the face before attempting to sexually assault her but she managed to screamed and the assailant fled. If you have [...]

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Armed Robbery – Werribee Victoria

On the 22-04-12 at around 2.00pm a masked male assailant entered a gaming venue in Werribee and went to the cashier where he produced a gun and demanded money before fleeing on a bike. If you have been the victim of an armed robbery while at work call Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services [...]

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Shooting – Jacana Victoria

On the 22-04-12 at around 8.40pm a twenty-seven-year-old male was shot to his lower body while riding a bike in Jacana and he was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. If you have been the victim of physical assault or similar crime call Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services for assistance on 1800 000 [...]

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Aggravated Robbery – La Trobe Valley Victoria

On the 18-04-12 an eighteen-year-old male assailant with a knife attempted to rob two truck drivers in La Trobe Valley on separate incidents but was unsuccessful and promptly arrested by police. If you have been the victim of an armed robbery or similar crime call Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services for assistance on [...]

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Aggravated Burglaries – Shepparton Victoria

On the 20-04-12 at around midnight three assailants entered two separate houses in Shepparton while the occupants were asleep but who awoke during the crimes and the assailants fled stealing cash and personal items. If you have been the victim of crime such as an aggravated burglary or similar call Victims of Crime Counselling & [...]

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Armed Robbery – Bairnsdale Victoria

On the 19-04-12 at around 8.30pm a male entered the Bairnsdale Club with a knife and demanded money before fleeing with cash. If you have been the victim of crime while at work, such as an armed robbery, call Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services for assistance on 1800 000 055 or complete our enquire [...]

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Aggravated burglary – Sunshine North Victoria

On the 20-04-12 at around 8.55am a twenty-seven-year-old female victim was upstairs when she heard noises downstairs and when she went to investigate she was confronted by a masked male assailant with a knife. The victim quickly fled and contacted police while the assailant left via the rear door and over the back fence. If [...]

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Aggravated Burglary – Templestowe Victoria

On the 18-04-12 between 2.30 am and 6.00 am the assailant/s entered a home in Templestowe while the occupants were asleep and stole a mobile phone, a laptop and other items before fleeing through a side gate. If you have been the victim of an aggravated burglary or similar crime call Victims of Crime Counselling [...]

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Armed Robberies – Northcote, Heidelberg & Reservoir

On the 18-04-12 at around 2.00 pm a male assailant entered a Clothing Store in Northcote and threatened the female shop assistant with a screw driver and demanded cash. On the 16-04-12 at around 2.00 pm a male assailant entered a Tanning Salon in Heidelberg and approached the counter and produced a knife and demanded [...]

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Violent Robbery – Reservoir Victoria

On the 09-03-12 at around 12.30 am a male victim was followed off a tram by two male assailants who confronted him and asked him for his wallet and phone and when he refused the assailants physically assaulted him and he sustained a broken nose and lacerations. If you have been the victim of crime [...]

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Road Rage – Seaford Victoria

On the 18-04-12 at around 10.15am a sixty-seven-year-old female driver had her motor vehicle kicked by a male on a scooter who then cut her off and shortly afterwards confronted her at a roundabout and punched her to the face through her open window before fleeing. If you have been the victim of a Road [...]

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Aggravated Burglary – Parkdale Victoria

On the 08-04-12 sometime between 2.00 and 4.00 am there were two aggravated burglaries in the same street in Parkdale. In the first aggravated burglary a couple were asleep with their four-week-old baby when their home was broken into through the back door and a computer, camera and handbag stolen. In the second incident a [...]

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Physical Assault of Police Officer – Broadford Victoria

On the 03-04-12 at around 11.30 pm the male assailant entered the Broadford Police Station enquiring about the location of a female when an altercation ensued with a police officer who was punched multiple times before he used capsicum spray and the assailant fled. If you have been the victim of crime while at work, [...]

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Attempted Abduction – Fitzroy Victoria

On the 13-04-12 at around 9.15 pm a thirty-seven-year-old female victim was grabbed from behind around her neck and had a knife put to her throat as the male assailant attempted to drag her away from Johnson Street down Gore Street in Fitzroy. The victim screamed and the assailant then fled and she sustained only [...]

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Sexual Assault – Fitzroy Victoria

On the 31-03-12 at around 4.15 am a female was sitting on a park bench in the Edinburgh Gardens with her bike when the assailant approached her. The victim soon became nervous and tried to walk off and the male then exposed himself. The victim the attempted to flee but the assailant grabbed her and [...]

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Arson – Doveton Victoria

On the 03-04-12 at around 1.30 am a mattress was set alight by several assailants and then thrown towards the front door of a house in Oleander Street in Doveton before fleeing. If you have been the victim of arson or similar crime call Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services for assistance on 1800 [...]

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Physical Assault – Brunswick Victoria

On the 29-03-12 at around 2.50 pm a male assailant in his thirties rammed the motor vehicle of a sixty-one-year-old victim in Evans Street Brunswick before punching him to the face and then applying a taser to the victim’s face and chest. The assailant fled the scene when a bystander noticed the incident and the [...]

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Armed Robbery – Frankston Pharmacy & Bakery

On the afternoon of the 27-03-12 a male assailant entered the Pharmacy and the Bakery in Mahogany Drive and asked for money. The shop assistants refused to hand over any money and the assailant left. The assailant returned a short time later disguised and armed with a meat cleaver and a box cutter. The thirty-four-year-old [...]

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Physical Assault – Frankston Victoria

On the 31-03-12 at around 12.45 am a gang of up to twelve males of Islander descent carrying garden stakes physically assaulted at random six young people outside Ha Pennys Hotel. Two of the victims were treated at the Frankston Hospital and one victim sustained a broken ankle. If you have been the victim of [...]

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Physical Assault – Frankston Caltex Service Station

On the 01-04-12 at around 10.15 pm a forty-six-year-old male motorist was leaving the Caltex Service Station after filling his motor vehicle with petrol when he came into contact with the male assailant who stabbed the victim to the back of his head with a broken bottle before fleeing.  The victim sustained major lacerations and [...]

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Physical Assault – Frankston Railway Station

On the 02-04-12 at around 7.00 pm a twenty-one-year-old male victim was seriously assaulted with a broken bottle and stabbed to the face and sustained significant facial injuries at the Frankston Railway Station. If you have been the victim of a physical assault call Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services for assistance on 1800 [...]

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Indecent Exposure – Reservoir Victoria

On the 21-03-12 at around 3:30 am a male of Asian appearance in his twenties wearing fishnet stockings and a black corset exposed himself to passing motorists on Gilbert Road in Reservoir. The police soon arrived and the assailant fled. If you have been the victim of an indecent assault or similar crime call Victims [...]

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Road Rage – Heidelberg Victoria

On the 31-03-12 at around 12.30 am a twenty-two-year-old motorist was chased for over five kilometres around Heidelberg by a Holden Utility until he stopped in traffic at which time the assailants damaged his bonnet and windscreen and driver’s side window causing him to sustain minor abrasions. If you have been the victim of Road [...]

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Stabbing – Bendigo Victoria

On the 08-04-12 at around 9.30 pm in Bendigo a nineteen-year-old female stabbed a forty-one-year-old male in the chest, puncturing his lung, and who was rushed to hospital. Victims of physical assault or similar should immediately call Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services on 1800 000 055 or complete our enquiry form.

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Armed robbery – Reservoir Service Station Victoria

On the 09-04-12 at around 2.15 am one assailant armed with a firearm entered the service station in Reservoir and pointed the gun at the shop attendant and demanded money while a second assailant waited outside. The attendant opened the till and the assailant took the money and fled. If you have been the victim [...]

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Aggravated Robbery – Melbourne CBD

On the 06-04-12 just after 12.00 midnight four assailants surrounded a twenty-year-old student near the Art Gallery on St. Kilda Road and threatened to harm him before stealing his carry bag. Police promptly arrived on the scene and arrested the four assailants. If you have been the victim of crime such as an aggravated robbery [...]

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Aggravated Burglary – Wyndham Vale Victoria

On the 12-03-12 at around 10.30 am two male assailants entered a home in Wyndham Vale and one assailant threatened the victim with a firearm while the other stole cash and a motor vehicle. If you have been the victim of crime such as an aggravated robbery or physical assault call Victims of Crime Counselling [...]

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Physical Assault – Heidelberg Victoria

On the 31-03-12 at around 1.30 am the two male victims were sitting in their motor vehicle waiting at a red light in Heidelberg when they were approached by the two male assailants and after a confrontation the assailants stole their motor vehicle and later set it alight. If you have been the victim of [...]

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Aggravated Burglary – Frankston Retirement Village Victoria

On the 17-03-12 and again on the 24-03-12 a female assailant entered the room of a resident of the Frankston Retirement Village and on the first occasion stole money and on the second occasion was confronted by the resident and fled. If you have been the victim of crime such as an aggravated burglary or [...]

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