Your connection to a safer community
Neighbourhood Watch is a proven Police and community partnership introduced to help control the crime rate, especially burglary and theft.
February 2023 Newsletter
Be bushfire ready!At this time of year, there is a major decision each of us must make in the event of a bushfire. The decision to either leave early to avoid the danger; or the decision to stay,
January 2023 Newsletter
Happy New Year everyone! Our good news is that on 14 December 2022 Crime Stoppers launched their new online portal for members of the public to report information about crime and criminals. As always, reports to Crime Stoppers
December 2022 Newsletter
Crime Intelligence Neighbourhood Watch Tasmania recently examined the crime reports from a large town in southern Tasmania, for the six months of January to June this year. A key trend was identified: 17% of all incidents involved the
Our aims are to empower the community of New Norfolk to:
Identify, understand and address issues that affect our local community safety
Learn more about practical ways to improve personal and home security
Improve crime knowledge, prevention, detection and reporting
Promote community well-being and increased feelings of safety
Improve community harmony by increasing communication and collaboration
Get to know your neighbourhood and report any suspicious behaviour to the Police
Know your rights and the law
Access to plain language information is available
Learn about crime reporting
It's not hard to report an incident through the proper channels
Review crime reports and stats
Awareness of incident history and patterns aids prevention
Safety
Have you noticed any suspicious behaviour lately? . . . incidents, events, people or circumstances that seem unusual or out of place . . . such as:
- Someone carrying property e.g. electronic equipment, office equipment, a locked bike, at an unusual time or location
- Someone going door to door without appropriate identification
- A vehicle cruising the street repeatedly
- Someone forcing their way into a locked vehicle
- Different people buying something from a vehicle
- Lots of traffic going to and from a house every day
- One or more people sitting in a car checking out the street
- Someone being forced into a vehicle
- Someone showing unusual mental or physical symptoms. They might have been in an accident or need other medical or physical help
- Unusual noises like alarms, gunshots, yelling, fighting sounds, dogs barking non-stop
What do you do?
- Stay calm and breathe
- Think about the date, time and where the incident is happening
- Call the Police on 000 in an emergency, or 131 444
- Answer the questions that you are asked (you can be anonymous, you don’t have to give them your name)
- Tell them what is happening
- Stay on the phone
- If it’s safe, keep watching and report what is happening
- Take photos with your phone only if it is safe
- Do not approach the person directly
