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Report and Support Services is not an emergency contact.

If you witness or experience an emergency, such as a crime, a fire, a serious accident or a medical crisis, you should phone the numbers below.

Official emergency number: Call 999 and ask for the appropriate service (police, ambulance, fire brigade).

You can also go to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department of your local hospital. Use the NHS search tool to find the closest hospital to you.

Bloomsbury Institute Estates and Facilities

Emergency support at Bedford Square: Text or WhatsApp Message the Estates and Facilities (EF) Hotline on 07534 405 481

Emergency support in our teaching spaces (Birkbeck): Dial 555 from any phone within the Birkbeck Campus in Bloomsbury

Reporting a crime

In an emergency, always dial 999 straight away. If you want to report anything to the police when it is no longer an emergency:

If you are in London, find your nearest police station on the Metropolitan Police website. If you are based anywhere else in the UK, find a police force near you on the Police.uk website.