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

The report says forces too often fail to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people. Photograph: monkeybusinessimages/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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.