Official reporting routes
How to contact law enforcement.
Use the agency that can act on the situation. Preserve what you have, report what you directly know, and do not send crime reports to this website.
Start with the right agency
Local police or sheriff
For a non-emergency crime, suspicious activity, welfare concern, theft, assault already over, or a local incident, contact the law-enforcement agency where it happened. Use that agency’s official non-emergency number or online reporting system.
How to report a crimeFBI tip
Use the FBI for federal crimes, terrorism, espionage, public corruption, civil-rights violations, organized crime, and credible federal threats. Immediate danger still goes to 911.
Submit an FBI tip · 1-800-CALL-FBIInternet Crime Complaint Center
Use IC3 for internet-enabled fraud, extortion, ransomware, account compromise, cybercrime, and online financial scams. Preserve original messages and transaction records.
File at IC3.govDEA tip
Use the DEA tip form for suspected controlled-substance trafficking or other possible violations of federal drug laws. For an immediate threat, contact 911 or local police.
Submit a DEA tipPreserve what you already have
- Do not delete the original message, voicemail, email, post, file, or account.
- Save screenshots that show the full screen, account name, date, time, URL, and surrounding context.
- Keep original files when possible; forwarded or edited copies can lose useful metadata.
- Write down who saw or heard what, when it happened, and where it happened while the details are fresh.
- Save payment receipts, wallet addresses, transaction IDs, shipping records, usernames, phone numbers, and email headers.
- Do not confront a person you believe may be dangerous. Move to safety and contact authorities.
What to include in a report
Give the agency a plain timeline: what happened, when and where it happened, who was involved, why you believe a crime or threat may have occurred, whether anyone is in danger now, and what evidence exists. Separate what you directly observed from what someone else told you. If you receive a case or report number, save it and use it for follow-up.
This website is not a reporting channel
Do not send Methspace evidence, allegations, names, medical details, or identifying information for law-enforcement purposes. We cannot preserve chain of custody, dispatch responders, or guarantee that a message will be reviewed in time.
Sources: USAGov, FBI Tip Form, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, DEA Tip Form, and the FBI Threat Intimidation Guide.