The history of the NHW Association

The Leicestershire North Neighbourhood Watch Association is a registered charity formed in 1998 to represent Neighbourhood Watch Members in the North Policing Area of Leicestershire.

These comprise of the Local Policing Units of Quorn, Loughborough, Kegworth, Coalville, Ashby de la Zouch and Syston.

The association was established to provide advice and guidance to all members and to act as a central contact point for the Police and other voluntary and community bodies.

About the National Neighbourhood Watch

The National Neighbourhood Watch Association (NNWA) is the national charity that supports, promotes and represents Neighbourhood Watch in the UK. The NNWA aims to make Neighbourhood Watch a centre of excellence for community safety, by reducing crime, opportunities for crime and the fear of crime and by enhancing good citizenship and community spirit.
The concept of Neighbourhood Watch was brought back to the UK in 1982 from the United States by a group of police officers who had visited Chicago. The first scheme was set up in the village of Mollington in Cheshire in response to a spate of burglaries and was an immediate success. Good news travelled fast and surrounding areas were quick to adopt the idea. Growth throughout the 1980s was dramatic establishing Neighbourhood Watch countrywide.

There are now over 155,000 Neighbourhood Watch schemes covering over 6 million homes, that's 27% of UK households. This makes it the largest voluntary movement in the UK.

The National Neighbourhood Watch Association (NNWA) was formed in 1995 to promote, support and represent the Neighbourhood Watch movement.