We do not work the same as Neighbourhood Watch because we adapt our system to the large inner-city environment.

See the comparison in environments. A typical Tower Hamlets scenario is multi-storey blocks of flats. Some high-rise blocks have up to 1,500 doors, e.g. dwellings within them.

Blocks of flats in Tower Hamlets.

In the village on the right I can understand that Neighbourhood Watch would be working if all the residents get on with each other and find a productive consensus to work along with. If a person becomes a coordinator in the village everybody will know that person. But not so in the city.

Registrants:

  • We check your bank card and name if you donate at the start. Your bank card details will already have been verified with your card provider.
  • For other registrants we require proof of ID and address submitted.

Do you know your Neighbours?

  • Your block might have several Airbnb’s in the block where people come and go.
  • Your neighbours might have short-lease tenancies
  • Job commitments make people move a lot too
  • Areas like Tower Hamlets attract many immigrants
  • People don’t talk to each other

No coordinators

Because people generally do not know each other we do not have any coordinators. We accept individual registrations of persons only. We do not expect you to be responsible for your neighbours.

We also do not have window stickers or leaflets.

Social media

We operate publications on various social media sites. See about us.

  • What’sApp communities
    • You may join a community announcement group, which doesn’t show your phone number to others only (your phone number can be seen)
    • You may join a chat or create interest specific groups (your phone number can be seen)
  • Whats’App and Teams chat groups
  • Fast anonymous crime reporting (100% anonymous) takes 5 mins.
  • confidential documents sections only accessible to approved users
  • Nobody, who is not known to admin can be on any of our closed groups.
  • People’s addresses will not be shown to others.

But, because we are so new and fresh, we do not get funded as yet but we need your charitable contributions to help us develop.

We only assist, we are here when you need us and we allow you to help each other and learn how to help yourselves better rather than rely on someone else. Please donate and become a member. (conditions apply).

Joining does not commit you to attending lots of meetings. See our constitution here

Thanks to Andrew Wood publishing this model on his Facebook, it gives you a good idea about hosing in Tower Hamlets. The sheer volume of housing makes being a coordinator in the classical sense impossible too.

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One response to “We are crime watch”

  1. my membership has ended – Johanna Kaschke Avatar

    […] organisation, I recently started, why I think that Neighbourhood Watch, as it is run nationally doesn’t work for Tower Hamlets. Yet, there is nobody really addressing the issue. Police themselves do not engage with people […]

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