WHAT IS WORTHING SHOPWATCH?

It is estimated that Business Crime costs UK businesses around £19 billion per year.  Worthing Shopwatch was established in 1992 to help the Worthing businesses reduce crime and make Worthing a safe place to visit. 

Worthing Shopwatch is open to any businesse operating in the Town Centre and BID Levy Payers can join at no cost.  The scheme collates and shares information that allows businesses to reduce Business Crime; it also operates a radio link scheme around the town and members can buy or rent radios to join this network.
 
WHAT DOES IT DO?

Worthing Shopwatch uses a system of incident reporting by members, to allow the gathering of information about criminal activity in the town. This intelligence is shared with Sussex Police in order that Crime Reduction actions can be agreed.

The Worthing Shopwatch Website is the primary tool and provides members with galleries of known offenders, the ability to report incidents and a weekly newsletter of crime reduction information.  The website can be found  at       www.littoralis.info/worthing/    This is a members only website but BID levy payers receive Shopwatch and website membership free of charge once a data integrity form has been signed. There is also an exclusion scheme set up to allow persistent offenders to be banned from all member's premises in town.

This website can be viewed from any device and location with internet access.  To apply for access all you need is a valid eMail address and have completed and signed the data protection forms, please contact Lorraine Hawkes on 01903 203252 to find out more or speak to your Town Centre Ranger