About Us - Neighbourhood Watch NSW is about education & crime prevention.
Our Vision
Neighbourhood Watch NSW enables residents to feel connected, informed and empowered, creating communities in which people feel safe, secure and connected.
Our Values
- Neighbourhood Watch NSW has passion, which means we use our drive and commitment to energise, engage and inspire others.
- Integrity means we are consistently open, honest, ethical and genuine, building trust in our brand, organisation and people.
- Respect means we recognise that a strong, resilient and peaceful society celebrates and encourages diversity of experience, culture, beliefs, language, gender and age.
Our Mission
- Neighbourhood Watch NSW attempts to be a vibrant, inclusive and effective organisation that improves the safety, security and connection of community life across New South Wales.
- We do this by supporting our members and partners in promoting crime prevention, resilient communities and social inclusion.
Our Objectives
Neighbourhood Watch NSW aims to:
- Minimise the incidence of preventable crime.
- Deter criminal activity by increasing the probability of apprehension.
- Reduce the fear of crime.
- Increase the reporting of crime and suspicious behaviour.
- Improve the degree of personal and household security through education.
- Expand the program’s involvement in wider community safety and crime prevention initiatives.
- Making people feel more connected and involved in their communities.
Our Purpose
Neighbourhood Watch NSW provides strategic leadership to the affiliated Neighbourhood Watch groups in New South Wales by:
- Strengthening the partnership of police and community working together to prevent crime and improve the safety, security and the quality of life for all communities in New South Wales;
- Coordinating the Neighbourhood Watch program, including the facilitation of information exchange between groups throughout the state of New South Wales;
- Identifying and developing best practice, evidence based crime prevention responses to ultimately encourage community participation in building safe and confident communities; and
- Improving community awareness and participation in watching out for and reporting suspicious behaviour.