Property Marking

Have you marked your valuable items? Marking your items can help return your property to you. It gives you irrefutable proof of ownership. It can also tie a criminal to a crime scene, allowing for a better chance of conviction.

Engraver (see below): Borrow one of our engravers. Neighbourhood Watch Ku-ring-gai & Hornsby suggests the use of an engraver, especially for marking expensive road bikes, electric tools, and other such items that can be easily on-sold at a car boot/garage sale. We recommend the NSW Police-preferred method of marking with your driver’s licence number prefixed with ‘N’ (for NSW) at the top right of your item.

Ultra-violet (UV) pen (see below): Borrow one of our UV pen sets. For delicate items, such as phones, music and computers, we suggest the use of an ultra-violet (UV) pen. The ink used is only visible under UV light. The UV marking deteriorates with sunlight, so should be applied on the underside or inside of an item and be re-applied every 6 months. We also supply a blacklight torch to enable viewing of the UV marking.

Contact us for use of a complete Property Marking Kit with all the information you need. We also supply a few miniature stencils to asist marking. Please then check your JUNK folder for our reply.

Pay-it-forward Scheme

The following are FREE to request. However, as a courtesy to future persons, we do welcome a ’pay-it-forward’ contribution from those who can give to the community in this manner. For either the engraver, or for the UV pen and torch, we would suggest an appropriate amount would be a gold coin. Neighbourhood Watch Ku-ring-gai & Hornsby is hoping these contributions will cover the necessary and ongoing costs to replenish the kits – we are not attempting to fund raise.

Please see PAY-IT-FORWARD for more information and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) details.

Alternative methods

Microdots: Not available from NHW. Other products such as ‘MicroDOT’ can be purchased to mark small items, for example jewellery. Jewellery should also be photographed adjacent to a ruler for scale, and those photographs should be kept elsewhere, eg a USB stick at work.

GPS trackers: Not available from NHW. Trackers can be used for a range of items from motorbikes, jetskis, musical instruments, to mobile homes and pets. Products are such as AppleTag, Tile Mates, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: Neighbourhood Watch cannot recommend or endorse any product, service, or retailer! We can only bring something to your attention. You must do your own research.