Neighbourhood Watch Scheme

A Neighbourhood Watch Scheme is a partnership between communities and the police aimed to prevent or reduce the opportunities for crime and increase the likelihood of catching criminals.

Schemes are likely to be organised and do things differently from area to area. The police recognise this and so hold regular meetings of watch scheme co-ordinators to share information.

Neighbourhood Watch is the largest voluntary crime prevention group in the country with more than 10 million members. It started in the UK in 1982 in Mollington in Cheshire where residents found that since the start of the scheme the level of crime substantially reduced.

If you wish to set up a neighbourhood Watch Scheme in your area, complete the registration form;

 

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Out of Court Punishments LATEST: December 2011: A 29 year-old male made threats to punch another in a pub and was racially abusive to him. He was charged with racially aggravated common assault and racially aggravated Intentional Harassment. He received a 12 month suspended imprisonment sentence, a curfew for eight weeks and 150 hours unpaid work. Condition: He was fined £85 costs and made to pay £100 in compensation.

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