Royal Bahamas Police Force
911 or 919
For life-threatening emergencies, a crime in progress, assault, immediate threat of harm, or when urgent police/fire/medical response is needed.
SAFETY RESOURCES
Get help now
A website report is not a substitute for emergency help, medical care, police reporting, child protection or survivor support.
Immediate danger: Call the Royal Bahamas Police Force at 911 or 919.
Bahamas Crisis Centre
Hotline: (242) 328-0922
WhatsApp textline: (242) 565-9633
Support includes crisis counseling, rape and domestic-violence survivor advocacy, legal aid and child-abuse support.
Child Abuse Hotline
(242) 322-2763
The RBPF emergency-numbers page lists this Child Abuse Hotline along with Social Services at (242) 326-0526.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 911 or 919 rather than waiting for a website response.
Anonymous crime information
RBPF crime advisories direct people with information to Crime Stoppers. The police emergency-numbers page lists (242) 328-8477, and RBPF crime-report pages also list 1-242-300-8477 for Family Islands.
Reporting sexual assault to police
The RBPF online crime-reporting guidance says that sexual-assault reports receive detective follow-up. If the situation is urgent, call 911 or 919 rather than relying on online reporting.
IMPORTANT
Protect the victim’s identity
Do not post a child’s or survivor’s name, intimate images, exact private address, medical information, school details that identify a child, or other information that could expose them to retaliation or further harm.