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Contact The Neighbourhood Watch team.

Neighbourhood Watch is all about communities working together to reduce crime and improve their quality of life. A neighbourhood watch typically covers a small area where you live. Most watches cover several streets and are run by a coordinator. There are currently over 120 neighbourhood watches in Redbridge.

What can I do?

By setting up a neighbourhood watch you will establish close links with the local police and other partner agencies and act as the eyes and ears of the local community. This important work is an opportunity to bring your local community together to improve safety and reduce the fear of crime. It is also a chance to get to know the people that live in your area.

Anyone can join

Neighbourhood watch is for everyone - no matter what your gender, age or ethnic origin. The watch should reflect the residents that live in the area. There is a shortage of coordinators from ethnic minority groups so we would welcome anyone that is interested from all sections of the community, especially in the south of the borough.

Being involved in a neighbourhood watch takes a few hours a month and can be extremely rewarding.

Successful watches

There are already many successful watches solving problems such as anti-social behaviour, obtaining funding for security gates to be installed around their properties and liaising with council departments to have approval for parking restrictions within their area.