The following are some obvious things to watch in your neighbourhood:

• A stranger entering your neighbour’s house when it is unoccupied.
• A scream heard anywhere within the neighbourhood might mean robbery, rape, assault or car hijacking.
• Offers of merchandise at ridiculously low prices may mean stolen goods.
• Anyone removing accessories such as the registration number of a vehicle should be considered a criminal.
• Anyone peering into parked vehicles may be looking for a vehicle to steal or valuables in the vehicles.
• A person entering and leaving a place of business after hours.
• A sound of breaking glass or loud explosive noises could mean burglary or vandalism.
• Persons loitering in the neighbourhood who do not live there and; Anyone forcing entry to, or tempering with a residence, business or vehicles should be treated as a thief.
• Person loitering around schools, parks, highway and secluded areas could be sex offenders.