Night out, the national crime prevention event, set for Aug. 6 will see block parties across Seattle and the nation coming together to help neighbors get to know each other to fight crime and celebrate their community.

Last year, according to the Seattle Police Department, 1366 block parties were conducted in Seattle and in West Seattle proper, many of them are major neighborhood events.

This year the theme is "Celebrating Crime Free Neighborhoods."

You can register your block to stage a party at http://www.seattle.gov/police/nightout/
To get Night Out materials like printable signage or invitations go here: http://www.seattle.gov/police/nightout/materials.htm

Once you have registered your event, you will get email verification. You can go back in and edit and/or cancel your event later if you need to.

The Night Out invitations available on the SPD website are in pdf and are editable and printable from there.

You can choose to add your event to a map as well. View the map here:
http://www.seattle.gov/police/nightout/nightoutevents.htm

To share your event, go to: http://www.seattle.gov/police/nightout/nightoutevents.htm. It can take approximately 48 hours to populate the map.