Hounslow Neighbourhood Watch Association was set up in 2001 to co-ordinate the work of the various Neighbourhood Watches across the borough. It enables Neighbourhood Watch to speak with one voice to our partners in combating crime and the fear of crime, namely the police and the council.
The association employs a part-time worker, who is based at Chiswick Police Station, to support Watches. The office is manned most working days during the mornings and can be contacted on 020 8247 6432 or e-mail: hounslow.nw@btconnect.com.
Several meetings of the association are arranged each year, usually with special speakers, with an annual general meeting in the autumn when officers and committee are elected. All members of all Watches across the borough are automatically members of the association and as such are entitled to attend meetings.
What is a Watch?
Neighbourhood Watch is a way of fostering a community spirit to help prevent crime and allay the fear of crime among residents in a particular road, a group of roads, a block of flats, an estate. Watches develop relationships between the local residents, the police and local authority. They also aim to improve the local environment by encouraging greater vigilance, improving home security, fostering a community spirit and working together to improve their environment.
Why have a Watch?
Levels of crime in a Watch area are known to decrease where the street signs and clearly visible stickers in householder's windows are in place. Residents are encouraged to act on anything suspicious they notice around them, often thus preventing their neighbours being burgled or some other crime being committed.
What does it involve?
Each Neighbourhood Watch scheme is a community initiative run by local people. A volunteer resident acts as co-ordinator to develop the scheme and liaise with the police. In the bigger watches, there are often street co-ordinators for each road to help and support the watch co-ordinator. The co-ordinator receives information and messages from the police and is responsible for passing it on to residents as appropriate
The role of the co-ordinator is to:
Set up and maintain a watch within a specific area
Communicate relevant police information on crime in the area to watch households
Communicate local intelligence from members to police and encourage them to do the same
Act as a link between the schemes, other co-ordinators, the local police, the local Neighbourhood Watch Association and the local council
Supply householders with stickers for doors and windows, incident report cards etc
Circulate newsletters, leaflets and equipment such as property marking kits
Contact us
You can contacted Hounslow Borough Neighbourhood Watch Association on 020 8247 6432 or e-mail: hounslow.nw@btconnect.com.
