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Good Morning from the Shirley Neighbourhood Policing Team, Our team are hard at work preventing crime and keeping our communities safe. If you have any local information to support us with this, please email the Shirley Neighbourhood Policing Team inbox on shirley@westmidlands.police.uk . Please be aware that this inbox is NOT monitored 24 hours a day and is purely for non-emergencies. In an emergency please call 999. To report a crime in a non-emergency situation please call 101 or visit Report a crime | West Midlands Police to do this online. The Shirley Team will also keep you updated on their activity using X (previously known as Twitter). Please follow our team on X using the following username: @ShirleyWMP . Local crime Here are the crime updates for the Shirley area between the 14th October 2024 to the 18th October 2024: Between 12:00pm and 12:30pm on Monday 14th October 2024 a white Citroen DS3 was stolen from SEARS Retail Park, Shirley. The victim parked the vehicle and left it locked and secure. Upon returning to the parking space, the vehicle had been stolen. Between 15:50pm and 16:10pm on Wednesday 16th October 2024 a mobile phone was stolen from the victim by two offenders on pushbikes in Colebrook Recreation Ground. The offenders then left in an unknown direction.Between 14:45pm and 15:04pm on Thursday 17th October 2024 a grey Ford Focus was stolen from SEARS Retail Park, Shirley. The victim parked the vehicle and left it locked and secure. Upon returning to the parking space, the vehicle had been stolen. Crime prevention Please consider purchasing a steering wheel lock for your vehicle. This will decrease the chances of your vehicle being targeted by offenders. Also remember to double check that your vehicle is locked, before leaving it unattended. Installing an immobiliser and covert tracking device will also increase the chance of getting your vehicle back should it be stolen.As the darker nights set in and colder mornings approach, please make sure that you don’t leave your vehicle unattended when defrosting your windscreen. This can make the vehicle a very easy target for passing thieves, and you won’t be insured for the theft if you’ve left the vehicle insecure. Consider installing anti-snap locks to all external windows and doors on your home. This will make it more difficult for potential burglars to gain access to your home. Installing a monitored burglar alarm is also a great deterrent.For further crime prevention advice, please visit Crime prevention advice | West Midlands Police Good news Home Office funding is provided to West Midlands Police to tackle anti-social behaviour and crime in areas that are identified as having a high rate of these incidents. As a result, local officers have been conducting targeted patrols in these locations, with the aim of providing a visible presence, engaging with the local community and deterring this type of behaviour. When your local Officers are off duty, these patrols are conducted by policing teams from other areas, ensuring that there is continual coverage. Officers record the results of these patrols and the information is then returned to the home office. Your local officers have been hard at work conducting these patrols, so please feel welcome to have a chat when you see us.Officers from the Shirley Neighbourhood Policing Team have arrested two prolific shoplifters that are responsible for multiple thefts all over the Shirley area. One has been charged with 24 offences, and the other has been arrested for 15 offences.Officers from the Shirley Neighbourhood Policing Team have arrested a young person who is responsible for causing a nuisance on an off-road bike.Due to a high number of reports of anti-social behaviour in Parkgate and Shirley Park, officers have increased their patrols in the area. This has led to the identification of offenders who have been advised in relation to this behaviour. Dates for your diary Saturday 26th October 2024 between 12:00pm and 14:00pm: Our local officers will be holding a beat surgery at The Royal British Legion Shirley, 186 Stratford Road, B90 3BQ. This gives you a great opportunity to meet members of your local policing team and discuss any policing issues that are affecting you in the Shirley area. Thank you for your continued support Kind regards PCSO Dan Talbot 31111 The Shirley Neighbourhood Policing Team |
