Terrorism and national emergencies - GOV.UK

Terrorism threat levels. The threat level indicates the likelihood of a terrorist attack in the UK. National threat level. The threat to the UK (England ... Skiptomaincontent CookiesonGOV.UK Weusesomeessentialcookiestomakethiswebsitework. We’dliketosetadditionalcookiestounderstandhowyouuseGOV.UK,rememberyoursettingsandimprovegovernmentservices. Wealsousecookiessetbyothersitestohelpusdelivercontentfromtheirservices. Acceptadditionalcookies Rejectadditionalcookies Viewcookies Youcanchangeyourcookiesettingsatanytime. Hidethismessage Coronavirus(COVID-19) Latestupdatesandguidance Home Crime,justiceandthelaw Reportingcrimesandgettingcompensation Terrorismandnationalemergencies Skiptocontentsofguide Contents Terrorismthreatlevels Counter-terrorism Reportingsuspectedterrorism Nationalemergencies Terrorismthreatlevels ThethreatlevelindicatesthelikelihoodofaterroristattackintheUK. Nationalthreatlevel ThethreattotheUK(England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland)fromterrorismissevere. NorthernIreland-relatedthreatlevel ThethreattoNorthernIrelandfromNorthernIreland-relatedterrorismissevere. Threatlevels Thereare5levelsofthreat: low-anattackishighlyunlikely moderate-anattackispossiblebutnotlikely substantial-anattackislikely severe-anattackishighlylikely critical-anattackishighlylikelyinthenearfuture ThelevelissetbytheJointTerrorismAnalysisCentreandtheSecurityService(MI5). Threatlevelsdonothaveanexpirydate.Theycanchangeatanytimeasdifferentinformationbecomesavailable. Moreinformationaboutterroristthreatlevels GetmoreinformationaboutterrorismthreatlevelsintheUKontheMI5website. Youcanalsocheckthegovernment’straveladvicefordifferentcountries. Next : Counter-terrorism Viewaprintableversionofthewholeguide Relatedcontent ReportsuspiciousactivitytoMI5 Preparingforemergencies:findoutaboutlocalplans Reportonlinematerialpromotingterrorismorextremism Emergencyresponseandrecovery COVID-19vaccinations BookyourcoronavirusvaccinationandboosterdoseontheNHSwebsite Explorethetopic Reportingcrimesandgettingcompensation Isthispageuseful? Maybe Yesthispageisuseful Nothispageisnotuseful Thankyouforyourfeedback Reportaproblemwiththispage Close HelpusimproveGOV.UK Don’tincludepersonalorfinancialinformationlikeyourNationalInsurancenumberorcreditcarddetails. Whatwereyoudoing? Whatwentwrong? Send Close HelpusimproveGOV.UK TohelpusimproveGOV.UK,we’dliketoknowmoreaboutyourvisittoday.We’llsendyoualinktoafeedbackform.Itwilltakeonly2minutestofillin.Don’tworrywewon’tsendyouspamorshareyouremailaddresswithanyone. Emailaddress Sendmethesurvey