NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCHES

Neighbourhood Watches (NWs) and Community Policing Forums (CPFs) both provide a means to reduce the opportunities for crime to occur. Use our contact lists to find one near you, or email us the details of your NW or CPF if it doesn't appear on our list.

Neighbours join forces to watch each other's houses, their neighbourhood in general and report suspicious strangers or activities through a Neighbourhood Watch system. In South Africa, CPFs are provided for in the police act and establish partnerships between the SAPS and local communities, schools, ratepayers associations, civic, business and faith-based organisations.