Olton Crime Update

Good Evening,

Here is your WMnow update for what has been going on in the Olton area since our last message and what the team has been up to.

Crime Update: 

There was a Residential Burglary of an unconnected building on Mallards Reach which happened between 17/08/2026 – 25/08/2026 whereby x3 offenders have broken into a detached garage by prying the doors open and stealing a black Talaria X3 electric bike.

There was a Theft From Motor Vehicle on Reservoir Road which happened between 0600 – 1330hrs on 29/08/2026 whereby the offender has smashed the passenger window and stole bedsheets from the rear of the vehicle. 

Good News:

On Monday, we responded to a report of an attempt Theft whereby x3 males tried stealing the victims pedal cycle. Whilst speaking with victim, 2 males were pointed out as being involved and were on the upper deck of a bus which was travelling out of Solihull. Hot on buses tail, our officers located the bus and detained 2 males who were sat on the upper deck. Both of the males were searched whereby 1 of them was found with a large amount of cannabis. Both of the males details were confirmed and enquires continue in relation to the Theft. The saying 'YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE' fits perfectly with this. 

Once our team completed the paperwork for this job, we resumed our foot patrol around in and around Solihull Town Centre. Within minutes of resuming patrol our attention was drawn to a female who was causing damage to a Police vehicle. Whilst trying to remove the female from the roof of our vehicle, she proceeded to Assault one of our officers and was swiftly bought under control before being arrested for Assault Police and Criminal Damage. No Assault will ever be tolerated, especially when we are trying to do our job of keeping our community safe. 

We continue to have reports of vehicles speeding on our area; we of course take all reports of this nature seriously and have a range of tactics which we can use to combat this sort of issue. We are still looking for members of our community to help tackle this issue by conducting community speed watch checks in locations highlighted by you, the residents. Training will be given by your local DNO who will be present during the speed watch. If you believe that this would be benefit your community and are interested in assisting your local DNO, please get in touch so that training can be given. Together, we can make the roads of Solihull that little bit safer!

If there are any local events or community groups which would like the local team to attend, please get in touch and we will gladly help 🙂

I hope that you all have a lovely rest of the week

PC 25474 JAMES