Disabled victims of crime feel ‘infantilised’ by police, report finds

Largest study of its kind by victims' commissioner reveals high levels of dissatisfaction in England and Wales

Disabled victims of crime feel infantilised" and patronised" by a police response that fails to accommodate their needs, according to a landmark report revealing high levels of dissatisfaction.

Forty-five per cent of disabled victims who reported a crime to the police were dissatisfied, compared with 40% overall, according to the largest ever report of its kind from the victims' commissioner.