www.chelmsfordneighbourhoodwatch.org.uk

Welcome to Neighbourhood Watch across the district ofChelmsford. There are many local watches across our area—the same area as that covered by Chelmsford City Council.

This leaflet is aimed at

www.essex.police.uk/do-it-onlineFor non-emergencies, call 101, or do it on-line:

Chelmsford Groupof Neighbourhood Watches

● introducingNeighbourhood Watch

● giving advice on setting upa local Watch for your ownstreet or neighbourhood,and

● pointing to various sourcesof support and contact inrelation to personal safety,home security, and crime.

Please read on ...

What is

Neighbourhood Watch?

Helping ourselves t

o be

safer and more secure.

Is there a

Neighbourhood Watch

where you are?

Setting up a

Neighbourhood Watch?

Advice & Sypport

NATIONAL NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCHwww.ourwatch.org.ukcrimestoppers-uk.org

Call anonymouslyto report crime

Emergency? ALWAYS use 999

Contents

ANeighbourhood Watch is alocal group of people livingin a neighbourhood of

houses or apartments, part of astreet, a whole street, a neigh-bourhood of streets, or a parish,where they look out for one-anotherin mutual support. The ways peoplemay look out for one-another mightinclude:-● Sharing information and

advice about❑keeping homes safe and

secure❑personal safety❑using the Internet safely❑being aware of scams and

fraud● Being aware of vulnerable

neighbours and watching outfor them

● Looking out for any suspiciousactivities in the area andsharing with neighbours andthe authorities

● Looking out for neighbours’properties when they may beaway, on holiday for example

Anyone can set up a Neighbour-hood Watch: it might be based onsimply you and your neighbours; oryour street; your apartment block,or your parish—whatever suits yourlocality best. You just need a bit of

You can check if you have a localNeighbourhood Watch on ourwebsite, or by checking with OurWatch if it is registered with them.Are there Neighbourhood Watchsigns in the street or stickers inwindows?

If in doubt, please contact us:

If there’s no sign of activity, thenwhy not set one up your-self? Wecan give you advice to help you getgoing.

What is Neighbourhood Watch?

time to work through the stepsoutlined on the next page. Keep intouch and we all can work togetherto share and help our neighbour-hoods be safer for all of us..

Is there aNeighbourhood

Watch inmy area?

chelmsfordneighbourhoodwatch.org.uk

If you want to set up a localNeighbourhood Watch here aresome suggestions for you to follow:1. Chat to your neighbours about

the idea—perhaps using thisleaflet as a basis. Knock ondoors and say who you are andwhat you want to do.

2. Get in touch with us with an ideaof the numbers you may beinvolving—we can then helpwith some information leafletsand window stickers.

3. Arrange a meeting—in a localpub, someone’s front room, alocal community centre—andwe’ll come and join you for adiscussion about how to moveforward.

4. If you’re setting up a largergroup, involving two or three—orseveral streets or locations—you’ll need to have local streetco-ordinators working with you.

5. Be clear about communicationand information sharing: bypaper, by email, or social media,by telephone—or combinationsof any of these.

6. Make sure you’re linked with theChelmsford Group so we canget information to you and youcan share information with us.Contact us via our website.

If you’re setting up a Watch or needfurther advice and information, thencheck out our website. This leaflet

produced by Our Watch providescomprehensive advice and guid-ance—you can read it in full on ourwebsite and paper copies areavailable.

Sign up to the Police’s informationsharing system: Essex CommunityMessaging, and check out theirFacebook and Twitter pages.

www.essex.police.uk/contact-us/essex-community-messaging

Setting upand running aNeighbourhood

Watch

Resources forNeighbourhood

Watch

Stick together—stick with us! Toomany Watches fall by the waysidethrough apathy!

thecrimepreventionwebsite.com

Anti-terrorist hotline

www.gov.uk/report-terrorism

www.report-it.org.uk

www.actionfraud.police.uk

www.chelmsford.gov.uk01245 606606

101 for non-emergency callswww.essex.police.uk

Here are some posters & other

resources that are available,

(see our web-site) plus points of

contact for support and

reporting crimes, incidents, and

other concerns.

www.communityagentsessex.org.uk