Neighbourhood Watch Funding Boost To Strengthen Crime Prevention Across Territory
The Finocchiaro CLP Government is delivering an extra $250,000 to Neighbourhood Watch NT (NWHNT) to expand crime prevention programs and strengthen community safety across the Northern Territory.
The funding will increase NHWNT’s operational capacity and enable the delivery of more targeted community engagement initiatives and public awareness campaigns to drive down opportunistic crime.
NHWNT delivers a suite of trusted initiatives to help Territorians protect themselves and their properties, including personal protection sessions and absentee advice forms for residents going away on holidays.
Over the past year, the organisation has delivered nine personal protection sessions across urban, regional and remote communities, equipping Territorians with the practical skills and confidence to stay safe.
As part of this funding boost, two new staff positions will be created, one in the Northern region and one in the Southern region, ensuring communities right across the Territory can access these services.
Chief Minister and Police Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the investment is part of her government’s year of action, certainty and security, with a clear and unapologetic focus on law and order.
“Restoring community safety remains the number one priority of my government. We want Territorians to feel safe and confident in their daily lives,” Mrs Finocchiaro said.
“We’ve seen a decline in robberies and house break-ins when comparing January to April 2025 with the same period last year, but we know there is always more to do to ensure people feel secure in their homes and communities.
“Neighbourhood Watch plays an important role in bringing communities together, preventing crime before it happens, and sending a clear message that we will not tolerate criminal behaviour anywhere in the Territory.”
Chief Executive Officer of Neighbourhood Watch NT, Veronica Larson, said the funding increase is great news for neighbourhoods and communities right across the Territory.
“Access to preventative safety information is key to helping Territorians feel safer and be safer.”
This funding increase reinforces the CLP Government’s commitment to backing proven crime prevention programs and standing up for the rights of law-abiding Territorians to live free from fear.
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