Neighbourhood Watch is a large & highly successful crime prevention scheme, based on simple ideas & values that are shared by many people around the country:

‘Getting together with your neighbours to reduce local crime & disorder in the bid to make your neighbourhood a safe & better place to live, work & play’.

It’s not just about reducing crime, it’s about building community spirit & good relations. It brings local people closer together with common goals; to tackle crime & disorder & to keep an eye on each other’s property.

Click here to participate in our Neighbourhood Watch Forum

There are also other benefits of joining a Neighbourhood Watch scheme. For example, you can learn more about crime prevention and home security which will help keep your home and belongings safe. You might also get a discount on your home insurance.

The aims of Neighbourhood Watch schemes are:

• To reduce the opportunities for crime and anti-social behaviour to occur in your neighbourhood by deterring would-be burglars and vandals.

• To build a community spirit so that all residents can contribute towards the protection of their property through co-operation and communication.

Members of Watch schemes are not vigilantes. Patrolling the streets is a job for the police; they will act upon the information supplied by residents. Watch schemes are not police-run groups. However, in order to be effective in tackling crime, Watch schemes have to work in partnership with the police (and other agencies).

By letting the police know of anything suspicious that you see or hear, you are helping to reduce the opportunities for crime to occur. The more difficult it can be made for the criminal, the more likely it is that crime can be reduced.

We The Newquay Town Residents Assoc (NTRA) have incorporated the neighbourhood watch into the NTRA and appointed committee members for certain identified areas of our Newquay Town. In time you will meet your committee member and we hope to set up our own crime log for each area to help the residents and the police to identify “Crime or public nuisance hot spots” and report these to the police authorities.  NEVER try and tackle any crime yourselves. The police are their to support the community.