Business crime is increasing, specifically shop thefts at the 2 retail parks. This is a recurring problem.

The crime figures for the last month show that business crime has stayed fairly similar with approximately 2 offences a day in the local area. We are aware of a hotspot location and work will be taking place in the next 4 weeks to reduce this issue. Local officer has been linking in with the security teams offering help and support - and has been building up intelligence packages around key nominals. One such nominal was arrested in the last week and charged for a number of offences.
We have successfully signed up the majority of the retail stores to a Business Watch scheme enabling better sharing of information.

If you know of any specifically targeted areas, or those who are committing the offences, or have any suggestions on how to prevent offences (ideas we may not have thought of), please get in touch with the local team on the website, in person, or crimestoppers anonymously. We would like to hear from you.

Residents have reported there are vehicles speeding on Elmdon Road, Selly Park Road, Selly Wick Road and Langleys Road. This is a recurring problem.

This issue is ongoing but has lowered. We will be continuing to patrol the locations and when available will be completing community speedwatch operations.
We would like to complete these with the local community so we can highlight to the road users that they are impacting locals - if you would like to support then please get in touch with us in person or through the website.

Burglary residential.

The Selly Oak area, specifically Bournbrook, sees a higher than average amount of Burglary offences committed than other areas. Over the last 4 years, the local team have worked hard to reduce the offences - and prevent further people becoming victims of crime. This work is ongoing.
We know that students will return to the local area. We will be reminding them through joint work in University of Birmingham, to secure their property at all times. Keep windows and doors locked and secure.

In the coming 3 weeks, we have the Operation Skybridge team present in the area. They are a proactive police team utilising a number of tactics to drive down serious acquisitive crime such as Burglary and Robbery. We will feed back their results next month.

In the last month, the local dedicated neighbourhood officer has gained key evidence supporting the identification and arrest of 2 nominals for Burglary offences. One of these has been entering insecure houses and stealing small items of food and electrical goods. The other has been targeting insecure houses as well as vehicles. They are now both remanded in prison awaiting court dates.

Work will take place over the next month with the local neighbourhood officers, PCSO's, University of Birmingham security and community safety team as well as the University police team. They will be offering crime prevention advice and tactics alongside proactive approaching of properties that are insecure and advising the residents.