Weekly Force Update

Weekly Force Update

Neighbourhood Update

Hello Resident. I hope you’re doing well.

I am Police Community Support Officer Ben Priest here to give you the weekly Neighbour Hood Update.

What has our team been doing?

Our team have kept themselves busy around the Edgbaston Constituency by doing regular targeted patrols around the Hagley Road, Birmingham University student apartment’s, Bartley Green reservoir ETC. To tackle ASB caused by youths setting of fireworks, responding to any calls and seizing any fireworks we find.

Our officers have attend Bartley Green Library for our monthly Community even where we spoke and engaged with residents and addressed any issues what were raised to us and provided the necessary advice and reassurance and took all the information we received back with us to the rest of the team, so any issues can be addressed.

Upcoming events for August

Here you can find a list for our future community events with the following dates and times:

02/11/26 at 10:00-11:00 AM, our officers will be at Holloway Hall on Holloway B31 1JS, where you can come and speak to us about any concerns you may have.

11/11/26 at 10:30-11:30 AM, our officers will be at St Francis Centre on Glen Side B32 3RU, where you can come and speak to us about any concerns you may have.

12/11/26 at 10:00-11:00 AM, our officers will be at Milebrook Hall on Field Lane B32 4ER, where you can come and speak to us about any concerns you may have.

On 20/11/26 at 11:00-12:30 AM, our officers will be at Bartley Green Library on Adams Hill where you can come and speak to us about any concerns you may have.

What’s been occurring in Bartley Green

Since the last WMNOW message, we have received three reports of theft of a Motor Vehicle. We advise that you lock your car and make sure your windows are fully up and not down in any way. We then advise that you invest in additional security features such as a DISK Lock, tracking device or even a Handbrake/gear stick lock. Making it harder for offenders to steal your vehicle or even not bother trying to steal it.

Since the last WMNOW message, we have had three reports of theft from a motor vehicle. We advise that you double check that your car is locked and that all the windows are up properly so no one can gain access to your vehicle. We also advise that you do not leave any valuables, items or even bags left lying around in your car, as offenders will take the risk of breaking into your vehicle even for an empty plastic bag, in hopes that something is inside of it.

Additional Information

We encourage residents to register their home/business CCTV and doorbell cameras, as this helps us to solve crimes and get a positive outcome, as your CCTV cameras can provide us the appropriate footage what captures the crime in question. This helps us solves crimes but also helps to keep your community safer. Use the link below to register your CCTV cameras by putting in the relevant details what the West Midlands Police website asks of you

CCTV Registry | West Midlands Police

As of this moment we currently have 1024 members signed up to Bartley Green on wmnow. If you know someone who may have an interest in joining, then please share them this links below, so that they can fill out the boxes the websites ask of them.

Home Page - WMnow

We are still experiencing an increase of demand from across the area over the last few weeks, with more people calling and asking for help. Our staff work extremely hard to answer and respond to your calls and live chats. But due to the high demand it can cause callers to have to wait longer than they should, what is something neither of us want at all. We prioritize your enquires/calls based on how urgent they are, but we always appreciate that you want help as soon as possible.

In Non-emergencies circumstances, we want you to get in contact with us through the live web chat, or the Non-emergency telephone 101.

If your circumstances are emergencies, then please call 999.

Bartley Green Neighbourhood Team.