Who can I contact out of hours in an emergency?

Social care

Out of hours (OOH) telephone number: 0845 034 9417

Further details about social care out of hours support and some examples of what is deemed an emergency can be found on the Social care - out of hours support page. 

Registrars

Out of hours (OOH) telephone number: 0845 872 5259

Our limited OOH service is available for customers who have an emergency connected to a ceremony or require a Muslim or Jewish faith burial within 24 hours.  Please note however that this service is only available Mon - Fri, 17:00 - 22:00 and 09:00 - 17:00 at weekends. If there is no immediate response to your call, please leave a message and a member of the Registration Team will contact you as soon as they can.

Trading standards

Out of hours (OOH) telephone number: 0845 8725280

Our OOH service is available for customers wishing to report the following:

• Illegal importation of animals;
• An animal disease outbreak;
• The licensing of pigs out of market;
• Door step traders or a report of distraction burglary;
• A petroleum Incident;
• An incident regarding the safety of a sport ground.

Emergency services - police, ambulance, fire and rescue

Dial 999 emergency services if:

• violence is being used or threatened;
• there is danger to life;
• a crime is in progress or offenders carrying out a crime have recently been disturbed;
• there has been a road accident where people are injured, or there has been an accident that has affected traffic.