History
The UK's first Neighbourhood Watch was set up in Mollington in Cheshire in 1982 following the success of a similar scheme in Chicago in the United States. Many more schemes followed throughout the UK, and 10 million people are now claimed to be members.
The neighbourhood watch schemes covers many aspects of criminal behaviour.
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