Our Story
Every crimefighter has an origin story. The Droylsden CRIMEWATCHERS didn’t possess mutant genes. Nor did they have an evil supernatural baddie to beat.
Their beginnings were understated and almost inconsequential: it all started with a Facebook post.
It was September 2020, and an ex-mechanic in Droylsden a small town in Tameside, Greater Manchester had seen somebody breaking into a property on his mum’s street. He had been furloughed from his job at the height of the coronavirus pandemic and had a lot of time to spare, so when the burglar escaped, he decided to take matters into his own hands.
He aired his plans in a local Facebook community group. “Due to all the burglaries going on round here at the moment, tonight between 1-4am, me and a few others will be patrolling the streets keeping a lookout,” he wrote. Within 24 hours, the post had received nearly 1,000 likes.
“It all escalated from there,”