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Impact Report 2025/26

Crimestoppers' Impact Report 2025/26, launched 22 October 2026, reports that more than 827,000 people passed on information about crime 100 percent anonymously, with 268,000+ pieces of information sent to police, the Fearless youth service reaching over two million young people and professionals, and volunteers giving more than 10,000 hours.

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The independent charity that lets people pass on information about crime 100 percent anonymously, running national campaigns and the Fearless youth service across the UK

Key Metrics

People trusting Crimestoppers 827,000+ people trust Crimestoppers each year to pass on vital information about crime, 100 percent anonymously
Information sent to police 268,000+ pieces of information sent to the police in 2025/26, safeguarding children, protecting victims and removing dangerous criminals from communities
Fearless youth service reach 2m+ young people and professionals reached by the Fearless youth service; volunteers gave more than 10,000 hours

Key Outcomes

  • Anonymous information helped safeguard children, protect victims and remove dangerous criminals from communities across the UK
  • Money laundering campaign drove a 42 percent increase in reports; people smuggling campaign encouraged vulnerable communities to come forward safely
  • Illegal vapes campaign disrupted criminal activity; national and regional campaigns made communities and workplaces safer

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities