If I volunteer to be a co-ordinator of a Neighbourhood Watch what will I need to do?

• Get in touch with your local Neighbourhood Watch Administrator (see table below) who can help you contact individual households to arrange a meeting to discuss setting up a scheme.
• Set up and maintain a NHW within the agreed area.
• Pass information from the police on crime in the area to members.
• Encourage members to inform police and Crimestoppers quickly of any criminal/suspicious incidents.
• Act as a link between the scheme, other co-ordinators, local police, local NHW Associations and the local authority.
• Circulate any newsletters, leaflets, property marking kits etc.

As a Neighbourhood Watch member what will I be expected to do?

• Be alert and respond to what is going on in your neighbourhood, you will not be expected to patrol the streets. Being vigilant doesn't mean you have to be a vigilante!
• If you have the time, you could help to prepare newsletters or help organise meetings and events.
• You can take simple steps to avoid attracting criminals, for example, giving an elderly person who lives alone some help, pushing mail through a letterbox, removing milk bottles left on a doorstep.
• Look after your neighbour’s house when they are away. See Keyholder Responsibilities

Below you can download a map showing the administrators for each district