Weekly News Letter for Castle Bromwich

Here is your weekly round-up of what has been going on in and around your local area 

Castle Bromwich 

 
Residential Burglary – There has been two reports of burglary between Thursday 29th January 2026 and Thursday 5th February 2026. 

Between 10.30am and 6.59pm on 31st January 2026 offender/s smashed a double-glazed panel in the kitchen door and gained entry to a property on Marlborough Road and made off with a plastic tub containing £10 in cash. 

Between 1.25am and 1.32am on The Chester Road the victims home alarm was triggered. On going downstairs, they noticed locks for both their conservatory and utility door had been broken into by lock snapping.  It is believed that the alarm sensor in the kitchen was activated so has disturbed the offenders, who thankfully left empty handed.  

Attempt Burglary – There has been no reports of attempt residential burglary between Thursday 29th January 2026 and Thursday 5th February 2026. 

Interference with a motor vehicle - There has been no reported incidents of interference with a motor vehicle between Thursday 29th January 2026 and Thursday 5th February 2026. 

Theft of motor vehicle – There has been no reports of a theft of a motor vehicle between Thursday 29th January 2026 and Thursday 5th February 2026. 

Attempted theft of a motor vehicle – There has been no reports of attempted theft of a motor vehicle between Thursday 29th January 2026 and Thursday 5th February 2026. 

Theft from motor vehicle – There has been four reports of theft from a motor vehicle between Thursday 29th January 2026 and Thursday 5th February 2026. 

Between 4.00pm on Friday 30th January 2026 and 1.00am on Saturday 31st January 2026 offender has smashed the rear windscreen on a black Toyota that was parked on the Travelodge/Toby Carvery carpark and stole items from inside.  

Around 3.00am on Sunday 1st February 2026 offender has removed a front bumper from a Vauxhall Corse parked on The Travel Lodge/Toby Carvery car park overnight.   

At around 5.00am on Sunday 1st February 2026 offender has smashed the rear door passenger window a Ford Mondeo parked on The Toby Carvery carpark overnight and stole items from inside. 

Between 9.00pm and 10.00pm on Monday 2nd February 2026 offender/s has smashed a rear windscreen on a van parked on the Travelodge/Toby Carvery carpark and stolen tools from inside.  

We have been working with The Travelodge and Toby Carvery this week in relation to their CCTV and crime prevention around their carpark.  

What’s been happening? Good news  

The team returned from rest days on Sunday 1st February and made two arrests on behalf of our CID Department. First was a female who was wanted for a serious assault in Smiths Wood on a bus where the victim was hit repeatedly. The second was a male who was wanted for another serious assault when he was on a night out in Solihull. The victim was kicked to the head and suffered bleeding on the brain, and he has spent close to a week in hospital.  

On 2nd February Officers also arrested a male who had been wanted for some time after he failed to attend court in December for breaching a Court Order. Multiple attempts have already been made to no avail. Research found an alternative address and he was located swiftly.  

On 4th February Officers have made two further arrests, one for harassment after a female has been put in fear after multiple threats of violence have been made. The second was for non-fatal strangulation during which bruising was caused to the victim's neck.  

We have carried out a speed watch in Over Green Drive in Kinghurst. We will be moving around all three areas that we police (Castle Bromwich, Kingshurst and Smiths Wood), carrying out speed watch exercises.  

Officers also located and recovered a bike in Castle Bromwich that had been stolen two days ago in Birmingham. 

We welcome back a much-loved colleague of ours PCSO Collins who has worked with our team for many years but had been working at the Airport for the last two years.  

Please do not leave any valuables in your vehicles and do consider a secondary locking device such as Disklok for your steering wheel. 

REMEMBER we are partnered with Disklok  and WMNow users receive an exclusive 15% discount on their Disklok (yellow model only) and covers/storage cases. Visit www.disklokuk.co.uk  and enter the code WMP26 in the coupon code box at the checkout. 

Dates for Diary - Opportunities for you to meet with members of the team and discuss community concerns. 

We are holding a Beat Surgery at Kingshurst Library, Marston Drive, Birmingham, B37 6BD from 10.30am to 11.30am.