What is Neighbourhood Watch?

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Neighbourhood Watch rests on the concept of good neighbourliness. The basic idea is simple; neighbours join together to keep watch on each other’s homes & their immediate surroundings e.g they may remove newspapers & milk bottles from front doorsteps where these are accumulating, especially during the holidays. They may also report suspicious persons & unusual events to the police.

Essentially, it concerns crime prevention in the form of individuals acting together in an attempt to protect themselves & their property from criminal activity.

Starting a Watch can have many benefits. Our modern way of life means that the strength of many communities has been weakened. People can lead very isolated lives because of this & live next door to neighbours without getting to know them.

Neighbourhood Watch end this. It brings us close to people who live around us. It results in people looking after each other in a way that was more common in the past. It encourages us to take greater care of our families & possessions. It cuts the risk of people turning to crime & leaves us feeling safer. To sum it up, it improves our quality of life.

Currently, in Lightwater we have ‘Watches’ in the following roads:

Ambleside Road
Badger Drive
Copthorne Drive
Cranwell Grove
Curley Hill Road
Deer Leap
Derwent Road
Fox Covert
Glebe Close
Guildford Road – part
Heronscourt
High View Road
Ivy Drive
Junction Road
Keswick Drive
Meadowbank Road
Michelet Close
Mount Pleasant Close
Myrtle Close
Northfield
Osborne Drive
Quarry Bank
The Ridgeway
Ridgeway Close
Shrublands Drive
Ullswater Road
Ullswater Close
Withey Close

If you are interested in setting up a Watch, please contact the Neighbourhood Watch Area Co-ordinator – Mike Potter – on 01276 474231 - to arrange a meeting to discuss the details of setting up a Watch.