Serious youth violence in and around Soho Road and Villa Road.

Targeted foot patrols along Soho and Villa Road to provide visible presence and disrupt crime and ASB,requesting other departments to assist including safer travel.
Partnership meetings with business owners to discuss options in target hardening and disrupting crime and ASB.
Targeting hot spot areas with proactive operations. Engaging in schools and youth groups to divert young people at the risk of being involved in serious crime..

Asb in and around the Soho Road/ Lozells Road and Lozells Road

Working with Birmingham City Council, local partners and support agencies to address causes of ASB, street drinking and begging.

Report ASB online: //www.west-midlands.police.uk/ro/report/asb/asb-v3/report-antisocial-behaviour/

MAY UPDATE.

We continue to work with our partners. All out days have been conducted with partners including homeless charities, drug and alcohol support groups on Soho Road, Villa Road and Lozells Road.

PCSO UMRAN has joined the team and is providing a visible presence across the ward.

A community surgery has been set up at Heathfield Primary School. please is meetings.

Tackle Drug Use, and Drug Dealing related offences around the Lozells and East Handsworth area.
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Intelligence Led Proactive hot spot patrols around areas of incident. Utilising Stop and Search Powers where appropriate and recording Public Space Protection Order Breaches.
We request that the community provide intelligence to our team through the use of Crimestoppers.

Knives are habitually carried by some individuals and used in violent crimes.

The team will be participating in Operation Sceptre, a national operation to tackle knife crime in May 2025