Epping Forest District Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch schemes are running in these areas within the Epping Forest District:

  • Abbess Beauchamp & Berners Roding

  • Abridge & Lambourne End

  • Buckhurst Hill

  • Chigwell, Grange Hill

  • Chigwell Village

  • Coopersale

  • Epping

  • Fyfield

  • Loughton

  • Matching

  • Moreton, Bobbingworth & The Lavers

  • Nazeing

  • North Weald

  • Ongar

  • Roydon

  • Shelley

  • Stanford Rivers

  • Theydon Bois

  • Thornwood

  • Thresher's Bush

  • Waltham Abbey

Each of these areas has a Lead Co-ordinator, or joint lead and groups are either run in a tier system, so there will be street groups set up to enable neighbours to quickly stay in touch if anything suspicious is seen in their street or wider area. These street groups also enable crime prevention advice and crime updates to be quickly shared with members. Some groups operate a closed, members only Facebook page and others, as one whole group, rather than with street groups. There is no one size fits all; the main idea is so that we can stay connected and support one another in our communities.

We work closely with our Neighbourhood Police Team and ensure that any requests for assistance with investigations is shared with members. The Epping Forest NPT are regularly available to chat with at events and meetings within the district, at Let's Talk events for example. Details of these can be found on their Dispatch newsletter, which you can sign up to here:

https://www.essex.police.uk/police-forces/essex-police/areas/essex-police/au/about-us/dispatch/?utm_source=dispatch_shorturl&utm_medium=multiple&utm_campaign=dispatch

As well as regular updates on Police activity across the district being published in Dispatch, the Epping Forest Police Facebook page is kept current and is a useful page to follow for activity and progress across the district.

If you would like to join Neighbourhood Watch in the Epping Forest District, please register on ourwatch.org.uk and your details will be passed to the respective Lead Co-ordinator for your district. If you require further information, please contact our Secretary, Dawn Warwick.

Stay safe!

Helen Reynolds

Epping Forest District Chair