Neighbourhood Watch

Welcome to Neighbourhood Watch and becoming part of the family for the street.

The essence of Neighbourhood Watch is that we look after each other’s interests and have to hand clear instructions on what to do in the event of a “problem”, such as a stranger clearly acting in what you consider to be a suspicious manner.

Each road is divided up into sections with a Co-ordinator or helper looking after that part of the road, but you can help as well. The Police will contact these helpers if they wish to tell you all about a crime or crimes that have happened or may possibly happen in our locality. These co-ordinators/helpers will then pass the information onto the houses nearest to them. In an ideal world this could be done be electronic mail between neighbours, but often involves a copy of a message being delivered to your door.

If you want the Police to react immediately, call 999.

For something that in your judgement is less than an immediate emergency, call the Police on 0845 33 00 222. In both cases Remember to ask for the “log” or “report” number, Say you are from Neighbourhood Watch and always ask for “Feedback”.

In case of need, it would be useful if you all exchange home, work and mobile numbers plus an email address, if you are on-line.

The co-ordinator/helpers have been given basic information by the Police on Improving house security and “Marking” valuable possessions.

The co-ordinators can provide you with this information, as well as window stickers that advertise NHWatch and others that make it clear that casual door salesmen are unwelcome. They also have a list of very useful phone numbers.

If you see something that you consider to be suspicious phone the police on either of the numbers above. If a house is involved, also phone the people that live there and / or your nearest co-ordinator.