Compensation services

Compensation schemes and services

Compensation Services administers five statutory compensation schemes in Northern Ireland for criminal injuries, criminal damage.

Compensation Services Privacy Notice

Please read Compensation Services Privacy Notice regarding how your personal information is processed.

• Compensation Service Privacy Notice

Compensation legislation and schemes

• The Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
• NI Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2002
• NI Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2009
• The Criminal Damage (Compensation) Order 1977

How to apply for compensation

Visit nidirect, the government services website for people living in Northern Ireland to find out more about making a claim for criminal damage or criminal injury:

• Making a claim for criminal damage
• Making a claim for criminal injuries sustained before May 2002
• Making a claim for criminal injuries sustained between May 2002 and March 2009
• Making a claim for criminal injuries sustained from April 2009

Victims of human trafficking

• Compensation leaflet and advice for- victims of human trafficking - English
• Compensation leaflet - victims of human trafficking - Albanian
• Compensation leaflet - victims of human trafficking - Bulgarian
• Compensation leaflet - victims of human trafficking - Chinese simplified
• Compensation leaflet - victims of human trafficking - Chinese traditional
• Compensation leaflet - victims of human trafficking - Romanian

​Further information

Further information on the schemes operated by the Compensation Services along with eligibility criteria can be obtained from the NIDirect government website.

Contact

Contact information for Compensation Services:

• Compensation Services contact