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What is Neighbourhood Watch?

Neighbourhood Watch Schemes are community initiatives that are supported by the police but not owned or run by them.

Individual Neighbourhood Watch Schemes have different characteristics, depending on the area in which they are situated and their objectives. Heddlu Gwent Police supports all schemes that are organised and run in a non-discriminatory manner at local, area and county level.

Neighbourhood Watch works by developing close liaison between households in a neighbourhood and the local police.

It aims to help people protect themselves and their properties and to reduce the fear of crime by means of improved home security, greater vigilance, accurate reporting of suspicious incidents to the police and by fostering a community spirit.

Crime Cannot Flourish in a Community that Cares!
Getting together with your neighbours to take action can cut local crime.

The general intention is to support people in protecting their properties, to reduce the fear of crime and improve their local environment by:

Improving home security
Increased vigilance.
Creating a community spirit
Improving their environment
It is important that the police and the community work in partnership to prevent and detect crime.

How can you become a member of Neighbourhood Watch?
Neighbourhood Watch is the largest community safety organisation in the country with an estimated 10 million members. a community spirit.

If you would like to be part of your Local Neighbourhood Watch Scheme you can find the email link to your existing local Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator on the top of their Local Webpage.

More Information about Neighbourhood Watch

Aims:

To reduce opportunities for crime and to make it more difficult for the would-be thief, vandal or criminal to act.
To build up a community spirit so that you and all your neighbours can work together for everybody's benefit.
To work in partnership with the police and local organisations to raise awareness and, where possible, minimise the fear of crime.

How do we achieve this?
Neighbourhood Watch members help to reduce crime and the fear of crime by keeping an eye on each other's properties, sharing crime prevention advice and by building a two-way communication with the police.

Neighbourhood Watch also helps to improve the safety of communities as a whole. Practical action can reduce the fear of crime and improve community spirit. Many Neighbourhood Watch members in Gwent agree that being part of NHW has revived/improved the community spirit in their area.

You can feel secure knowing that your neighbours are always keeping an eye on your property. You can also get lower insurance premiums from some insurance companies - Norwich Union.

Heddlu Gwent Police is indebted to co-ordinators for providing details of suspicious people and incidents in an effort to continue the fight against crime. In support of this, Heddlu Gwent Police has helped develop an automated messaging system called 'Watchword' to keep co-ordinators abreast of current crime trends or on occasions seeking information from them in response to descriptions of vehicles or suspects.

Becoming involved in Neighbourhood Watch
If your area is not already covered by a Neighbourhood Watch scheme and you are interested in starting one the Neighbourhood Watch field officer for your area will be able to provide you with the necessary help to start a scheme.

This usually involves canvassing your neighbours for support, meeting informally to discuss how the scheme will operate and identifying a co-ordinator and deputy as the contacts to organise and run the scheme. As every scheme will vary in size and location the co-ordinators and members will determine how it will best operate to achieve its local aims.

Being part of the local Neighbourhood Watch Association means reduction/eradication of criminal activity in the community, including Anti Social Behaviour, Burglary, Motor Vehicle Damage and Drunk and Disorderly Behaviour. Join NOW!