NUIPC
Published 6 November 2026, 09:07
NUIPC — Número Único de Identificação do Processo Crime (single criminal case number)
The number under which a police report becomes a case and is then tracked: the police, the public prosecutor and the court identify the case by it, and the case documents are filed under it. This is how the abbreviation is spelt out in the text of Portaria n.º 329/2012. For you it is the key detail: without it you can't find out what happened to your report or prove to your insurer that you made one.
Where you come across it. A report to the PSP or GNR after a theft, an accident or fraud; dealing with your insurer; trying to find out how the case ended.
You don't always get the number straight away: at the desk you are given proof that you made the report (comprovativo da participação), and the NUIPC comes later — ask how and when you will be able to find it out, and keep the internal reference number of your report. You may also see it written "processo-crime" with a hyphen — it is the same thing.