Ongoing ASB taking place within Sparkhill Park late in the evening and into the early hours of the morning.

Local Dedicated Neighbourhood Officer PC Javid has been newly tasked with this and will be formulating a plan to deal with this long term issue. At the next ward meeting he will be able to inform local residents what the local policing plan will be for the Sparkhill park area.

We have recently had intelligence that ASB has began to increase given the warmer weather. We have increased our patrols and are liaising with our partners to tackle this issue.

There is a long standing issue of dangerous parking along roads within Sparkhill. Knowle Road and surrounding roads have been highlighted by local residents via calls to the police, concerns raised during local drop-in sessions and through the local council.

We have held a poll on twitter where Parking was highlighted as the priority for the month of March.

Parking operation completed W/C 20/07/25 with a number of tickets issued.

We continue to hold weekly joint enforcement with the local council.

We are liaising with the DVLA in order to remove some of the vehicles which are untaxed and contributing to the parking issues in the area.

People are congregating on Bankside and engaging in anti-social behaviour which includes drug use.

Regular patrols being conducted by the local neighbourhood team on evenings and into the night. A number of people have been stopped and officers have engaged with them to help them understand the issues being caused.

We have seen an increase in nitrous oxide canisters being littered in the community and an increase in their illegal use.

We are working closely with trading standards regarding the sale of this substance and have completed a number of joint visits in recent weeks. We will continue to prosecute businesses found to be selling these products illegally.

We are engaging with individuals who are found using these substances illegally and dealing with them appropriately by means of prosecution and education courses.