Mid Suffolk has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country... Lets keep it that way! 

What is the Aim of Neighbourhood Watch?

It is one of the most successful crime prevention initiatives ever, based on a simple idea and a central value shared by millions of people across the country.  Getting together with your neighbours to take action can cut local crime!

Neighbourhood Watch objectives:

1. To prevent and reduce crime in our neighbourhoods.
2. To help provide reassurance to people in our communities.

Main activities:

1. To provide appropiate and up to date crime reduction advice.
2. To encourage members of our communities to be alert and watchful in looking after themselves and others.
3. To act as a channel of communication - passing on timely information from the police to the community and from the community to the police - to help prevent and detect crimes.

Other Schemes:

Neighbourhood Watch is well established in Mid Suffolk and the following Watch schemes, run on similar lines to Neighbourhood Watch, are also helping to reduce crime in the Mid Suffolk District:

• Shop Watch.
• Pub Watch.
• Industrial Watch.
• Business Watch.
• Farm Watch.
• Post Office Watch.
• School Watch.
• Sheltered Accommodation Watch.
• Garage Forecourt Watch.
• Hotel and Bed & Breakfast Watch.
• Cab Watch.
• Church Watch.

If you would like further information on setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme, or membership of any of the Watch Schemes in Mid Suffolk, please contact:

Phil Kemp, Community Watch Liaison Officer, Crime Reduction Office, Police Station, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1NJ

Email: phil.kemp@suffolk.pnn.police.uk

REMEMBER CRIME CANNOT FLOURISH IN A COMMUNITY THAT CARES!