Keeping crime out of the Ascot area

Neighbourhood Watch is the largest voluntary organisation in the UK. More than a quarter of all homes across the country are members, and they work with each other and the police to reduce crime and increase community safety.

In the Ascot area – including Ascot, South Ascot, Cheapside, Sunningdale and Sunninghill – around 100 roads are covered by NW schemes. (See if your road is one of them by clicking on the “Local NW Groups” link on the left).

Ascot Neighbourhood Watch Association, the umbrella body in the area including those parts of North Ascot in Bracknell Forest, takes part in various crime prevention initiatives, offers members security devices at huge discounts, holds quarterly meetings at which local police report to the community and guest speakers talk on various crime issues. The Association also publishes a quarterly four-page newsletter with all the latest crime prevention news and advice (access recent issues by clicking on the link on the left).

Alarms on sale at a quarterly meeting  

 NW scheme members also benefit from a Thames Valley Police email message system called Community Messaging which alerts residents to criminal activities or seeks information about crimes. Anyone can register to receive these messages, or you can ask your Neighbourhood Watch scheme coordinator to pass them on to you.  There is more on Community Messaging in  “Residents’ Info" on this website. 

The overall aim of a NW scheme is to get people to pay more systematic attention not only to the security of their own homes, cars and other property, but also to that of their neighbours. Maximum crime prevention measures are encouraged: fitting and using effective door and window locks, and keeping an eye out for suspicious activity in their road. Members are asked to be supportive of neighbours who may be elderly or infirm or vulnerable to criminal or anti-social activity.

Does Neighbourhood Watch work? Well, there’s no guarantee you’ll be burglar-proof, but there’s also little doubt that many criminals would rather not burgle a NW home because they know maximum crime prevention measures will probably have been taken.  That's why a lot of insurance companies offer discounted premiums to houses in NW schemes. 

Or you can contact your local NW beat coordinator:

North Ascot: Jefferson Wood 01344 883325
                      Jenny Butcher 01344 884645

South Ascot: John Bailes (details above)

Sunningdale old village: Peter O’Kill, 01344 627694

Sunningdale A30/Chobham Rd: Nigel Potter, 01344 62090

Sunninghill: George Williams 01344 621836

Cheapside: Alison Moody 01344 628434

Future quarterly meetings at 7.30pm for 8pm will be :

Wednesday 18 April, King Edward Hall;
Wednesday July 18, Sunningdale WI Hut, Broomhall Rec;
Wednesday October 17, Sunningdale WI Hut.

These meetings are intended primarily for scheme coordinators and their deputies, but any NW scheme members are welcome to attend.

              Ascot NW Association      
John Bailes presents cheque to Youth Club                                                                             Supt Tim De Meyer tells NW members
                                                                                                                                                                    about new crime initiatives


NW administrator Jeff Pick advises on
crime prevention measures

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