AIBU to have not realised that you get charged for calls to 101?

[Kallyderon]

Tight gets.

That's surprising, I hadn't really thought about it, but if I had, would have assumed it was free.

It’s not the police charging for the call but the telephone line providers.

Didn’t know this, huge charge too!

Will be free in future but jeez

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48423791

15p per call. Which goes to the phone company, not the police. Hardly going to break the bank.

It must be bedtime because I thought that was 15p a minute

It goes to the home office. £5 million a year!

I know 15p isn't much but it's the principle of the thing - you shouldn't have to pay to report crime. Plus sometimes people just don't have the 15p ready on their account to spend - people with capped plans, people on PAYG etc.

It doesn't go to the home office, it's charged by the phone companies. The home office has said it will fund the £5 million that providing a freefone service will cost.

Whilst it may be true that some may not have credit on their phones so unable to use 101, they can use 999 instead.

If you don't have 15p you can just report online. Or go to a police station.

I didn't know they charged but that's the same price as a text isn't it? Hardly unreasonable.