If you want to get more involved with your community and regularly working with your neighbors and law enforcement appeals to you, join a Neighborhood Watch program. Finally, help clean up your neighborhood. Studies have shown that fewer vacant lots and abandoned cars reduce crime in those areas. In one study by Penn Tools, 58% of residents reported feeling safer and citing fewer incidents after neighborhood cleanups. Whether you get a group together to watch the neighborhood or clean it up, improving the area you live in will likely reduce crime.