Policing Priority
Preventing ASB & Crime in Palfrey Park and surrounding area.

As the warmer weather is now here and with the summer school holidays approaching we anticipate more people will be visiting local parks. We want to ensure our communities feel safe when they visit local parks such as Palfrey. Reducing youth related violence remains a priority for Walsall police and the wider force area.

June 2025 Update:
We have carried out regular patrols in Palfrey Park and engage with families and young people. We continue to hold police drop-in surgeries to offer advice and provide an opportunity for local residents to speak to us and discuss any concerns. As Summer holidays approach, we will be encouraging people to be considerate and will be visiting some of the summer activities taking place in the park

As some of the summer activities will commence in Palfrey park officers from your local NHT will be conducting patrols engaging with park users.

The park has football activities, Cricket activities, play area, exercise area and lots of green spaces for all to enjoy.

August 2025 Update
Delves officers will continue to patrol around Palfrey Park on a regular basis as the Park is getting busy with families taking advantage of the warm weather and school holidays. Great to see lots of park users taking advantage of what the park has to offer.

September 2025 Update
During the 6 weeks school holidays officers from the team have visited Palfrey Park most days during the shift. The park has been very busy at times especially during the hot spell, Officers will continue to patrol the park and show a visible presence to offer that re-assurance to park users.

Community agreed priority:
At the last PACT meeting held on 06/05/2025 it was raised that different vehicles were loitering in and around Rowan Road Delves on a regular basis acting suspiciously. It was also noted that fly-tipping was also taking place on the grassed area opposite Rowan road.

June 2025 Update:
The local neighbourhood team have carried out a number of patrols in this area at various times and have managed to stop and speak to a small number of individuals in the area. Our officers have not seen any evidence of fly-tipping in the area.

We will continue patrol and positively engage with anyone acting suspiciously and will monitor this location.

We are liaising with Walsall Council to see if any security improvements can be made in the area.

Delves neighbourhood team working in conjunction with the local authority have been successful in securing additional security in the location to help with any ASB that may occur.

August Update
Officers from the Delves neighbourhood team continue to patrol around the location and we have not received any further logs regard this issue. Patrols will continue to ensure any re-occurrence does not take place.

September Update
Officers from the Delves team have continued to monitor the location and we have not had any further reports of any incidents. However our routine patrols will continue to take place in the location to ensure this is maintained.

Community Priority.
Reports of ASB - Youths congregating at Segundo Park during evenings causing ASB including, lighting fires, drinking alcohol and smashing bottles, smoking drugs and generally intimidating.

Delves neighbourhood team officers will patrol location during evening times to try to deter and resolve this issues that has been raised by local residents. Positive action will be taken against anyone found to be committing a crime or engaging in ASB

Update 01/08/2025
Officers from the Delves neighbourhood team have patrolled the park area at various times during various shift patterns. Nothing to report all in order and no further calls of ASB have been received.

Patrols will remain and be monitored.

Update 01/09/2025
Officers from the Delves neighbourhood team have been in and around the Segundo park area conducting patrols on a regular basis. We have had reports of children in garages in Stirrup close loitering around, again patrols will continue to deter any ASB

At the last PACT meeting 06-08-2025 A priority was agreed to increase patrols around Holtshill Lane, Chuckery road, Lincoln road and Walhouse road area of Chuckery, to deter ASB and drug activity in the location.

The local neighbourhood team will patrol around the locations identified and liase with local residents. Officers will conduct stop searches when appropriate to try to identify and deter any further issues from arising.

Update 19/08/2025
Earlier this month officers from the Delves neighbourhood team recovered a significant quantity of cannabis plants from a property in pursehouse street chuckery. As yet no arrests have been made, but positive action to remove drugs which harm our communities have been made.