Neighbourhood Watch is the largest volunteer-led crime prevention charity in England and Wales. With over 60,000 active volunteers and over 2 million supporter households, we work across local communities and regions to empower and educate people, as well as to bring communities together.
The following pages are designed to enable you to learn how we work on a national, regional, and local level.
Each regional area is divided into Force areas, which means the areas covered by the police forces and locally is as local as your street or the building you live in. In each area, weather it be nationally, regionally, or local, we all have the same vision, mission, and values.
On a national level, Neighbourhood Watch is supported by the Central Support Team and Board of Trustees.
On a regional level, Associations will support Neighbourhood Watch and these are led by local people, volunteering their time to support our movement.
On a local level, Neighbourhood Watch groups are run within communities by local volunteer Coordinators. Local Neighbourhood Watch schemes work in a variety of ways that reflect the needs of the local community. This includes: sharing crime prevention advice and information; running awareness campaigns; holding social events and awards for local people and businesses; leading community projects, such as litter picks, a community café, flood defence response, presentations in schools and work with young people and children and community messaging with the police.