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.
Even if you are living on your own and feeling isolated, or a young person looking to make some friends, New Norfolk Neighbourhood Watch can help you connect with like-minded people and find a voice.
Get Online Week 2020
New Norfolk Neighbourhood Watch was invited to present their new Connecting Derwent Valley e-hub to the Board of NHW Tasmania and other local NHW groups. The event was sponsored by NHW Tas and the Good Things Foundation Aust,
Community Connections
New Norfolk Neighbourhood Watch has introduced a valuable new online tool for connecting people to anything and everything they might need in the Valley. Connecting Derwent Valley is an e-hub of support services, special interest groups, people to
Street Smart Handbooks for NNHS
A successful collaboration between New Norfolk Neighbourhood Watch and the Derwent Valley Council has enabled the delivery of the latest Streetsmarthandbook to the senior students of New Norfolk High School. The handbook is a Neighbourhood Watch publication for
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
Okay so what can you do now?
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
Get involved in your local area
Become a rep. Get neighbours together for social activities
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
