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The Suffolk Neighbourhood Watch Association

Click here for details of the East Region Neighbourhood Watch seminar 2003.

Welcome

Neighbourhood Watch has been a great success in the UK since it began in 1986. Wherever Neighbourhood Watch Schemes operate in Suffolk, crime appears to have fallen.

At the suggestion of the Suffolk Constabulary, Neighbourhood Watch groups in the county followed the National Neighbourhood Watch Association lead and formed their own association in November 1995. From the outset, members were determined that the Suffolk Neighbourhood Watch Association would not just be a symbol or a talking shop, but have substance and meaning. The hard work has paid off; the SNWA included 1620 schemes by February 1999 - more that 32% of Suffolk homes.

Partnerships have been forged with the Suffolk Community Safety Partnership, Suffolk Crime Reduction Panels, Suffolk Fire Service, The National Neighbourhood Watch Association and many others, all of which have given Neighbourhood Watch a solid footing in community safety.

The Crime and Disorder Act has given Neighbourhood Watch the opportunity to prove itself. Local groups have been invited onto each Borough and District Community Safety Forum, making a real contribution towards improving the society in which we live.

Neighbourhood Watch is pro-active too; for instance, in the implementation of Comnet (Community Warning Network). This is a county-wide telephone ring around system which allows Neighbourhood Watch groups to to react to urgent requests from the police. Such action has resulted in many arrests.

Neighbourhood Watch is a success from which more and more people like you benefit. If you are determined to recapture your community and want to live in an area where people work together to fight crime, contact your local Crime Reduction Officer or send a message to Dave.Hazel@ntlworld.com.

Andrew Garrard
Chairman
SNWA

Click here for the Chairman's report, December 2002.