Welcome to Neighbourhood Watch Tasmania

Statewide Phone number - 1300 139 138

Neighbourhood Watch is a community based crime prevention program which aims to improve the quality of life within a neighbourhood by minimising preventable crime and promoting closer community ties.

The program relies on the community and the Police working together in a partnership to achieve these aims.

This site has information about the Neighbourhood Watch program running in Tasmania and has tools to help you to begin or enhance your crime prevention tactics in your area.

Objectives

• 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.

Strategies

• Operation Identification: The systematic marking of valuable household items with their driver's licence number preceded by the letter "T" for Tasmania. Items which are marked and can be identified become a much less inviting target for thieves. Smaller items such as jewellery or items which cannot be marked should be photographed alongside a ruler or coin to indicate the size.
• Keeping residents informed: Providing information of the incidence of crime in their area on a regular basis through newsletters and advising how to effectively identify suspicious people and activity and report same.
• Increasing residents' awareness and knowledge: Informing residents of practical personal and household security enables them to best secure their homes and increase their personal safety.
• Sign posting areas: Displaying Neighbourhood Watch signs and material operates as a visible deterrent to criminal activity by identifying a particular area as having active Neighbourhood Watch participants.