Chelmsley Wood

Off Road Bikes ridden in an Anti social manner

The team still continue to conduct pro-active patrols around key locations and are working closely with the road harm prevention team and partner agencies to identify and prosecute those involved with over 166 bikes seized in the last 24 months. We conduct regular operations and patrols to attempt to tackle this issue. Op Advance came to Chelmsley Wood and the road harm prevention team assisted in the apprehension of a bike and the arrest of the rider.

Robbery and Public Place Violence offences.

The team continue to conduct high visibility mobile and foot patrols around key locations in order to deter and identify persons involved. We have also introduced a public space protection order (PSPO) in conjunction with Solihull Council within the bus interchange and surrounding area providing officers additional powers to tackle ASB and public place violence. This order is still in force and helping the team to disperse youths following obtaining their details.
Op Advance saw a number of force resources on the interchange to provide reinforcement of the PSPO in place. The cadets were also in the area to hand out leaflets to those in the shopping centre to advise them of the conditions of the order.
The team are also working closely with the violence reduction partnership and youth workers to help educate and deter those that may become involved in public place violence and related offences.
Plain clothes patrols are being conducted in the area to combat these types of offences and bring offenders to justice as well as being supported by wider resources including drone units, dog and pro-active teams.
The investigation to apprehend the suspect involved in a number of robberies is still ongoing. Overall the number of reported robberies within the neighbourhood has decreased significantly in comparison to the previous 12 months. Work is ongoing to prevent offences and apprehend suspects.

Theft from Motor Vehicles

The team are actively conducting high visibility and plain clothes patrols around intelligence led locations and known hot spots to deter and identify those involved.
The team are collating intelligence from the community and are working with our Road Traffic department to ensure we have the right resources in our local area to deter and detect crime in relation to theft of and from motor vehicles. The team are working various shifts into the early hours of the morning to catch those responsible for committing these crimes and working closely with our investigation colleagues to identify and prosecute those involved.
This is a still an ongoing concern within the local area. Officers are completing extensive CCTV enquiries to attempt to identify those responsible, as well as offering prevention advice to those affected.