Long story as short as possible, a couple of months ago we moved into a new house in a very quiet and sought after location of the city we live in. Lovely little estate. We have briefly met our neighbours on each side to say hello and introduce ourselves but no in-depth conversations so we are still fairly new faces on the cul de sac.
A few weeks ago, my 18 year old daughter's best friend called my daughter in floods of tears and highly distressed to tell her she'd been assaulted and needed to come to us as a place of safety. My daughter had her phone on loudspeaker as this was playing out and I could hear both my daughter's friend and the perpetrator of the assault shouting and it was very distressing and worrying. I instantly called the police and gave them her location and ours, and told her to get herself over to us as quickly as she could. She did that and we obviously took care of her. The police then arrived to take her statement.
However there were 2 police cars and 4 officers outside our address at this point, they explained that the other car had just been to speak to the perpetrator of the assault and that's why there were so many. For a short time before coming into our house they were all convened outside having a discussion before they came in. So to anyone looking out of their windows at this time (it's a very small estate), it would have looked extremely obvious the police were at our address.
My question is: in my situation as a fairly new neighbour, would you knock on doors and explain the situation and that it wasn't us who were in any trouble? I'm worried that they are judging us essentially.
I'd just like to add, before anyone accuses me of being heartless - I'm focusing on this only because my daughters friend is absolutely fine now and has stayed with us for the past few weeks and we have helped her get through it, so she is OK.
Would you explain the context to neighbours or am I overthinking this?