Weekly update from the South Yardley Neighbourhood policing team

Dear Members, 

Here’s a quick round up from the South Yardley neighbourhood policing team. 
 
What’s been happening:
 

Another busy week for our team with various commitments, incidents and community meetings.

We have recently attended a community meeting involving housing and key partners of the concerns and issues in the area. We were able to share any ongoing concerns and what we are doing to tackle those issues and the work we are doing in the background. We will continue to work with our key partners as we know we can not do this alone. 

Alongside this, we have been conducting visits with housing and the community safety teams that houses multiple occupants. This is a continuing piece of work and we will do all we can to support our partners and understand the community concerns they are facing. If you are seeing or having regular ASB involving multiple occupant homes please report this to the relevant parties so these can be addresses. 

There have been seizing various vehicles around Berkeley Road and surrounding for no Tax or being stolen. 11 tickets have been issued to those failing to park correctly and being inconsiderate to other road users, business and residents around the area. 
Barn Meadow and Clements Road have had DVLA attend in the last 24 – 48 hours and have highlighted 17 vehicles showing no tax. Those involved in the 17 will be served a fine accordingly. We are supporting where we can but are limited in powers for this in comparison to DVLA. Therefore, where we can request for their extra support in key areas, we will do so. 

We are aware of Anti-social behaviour peeking in the Swan Shopping Centre and surrounding areas and we are doing everything we can to tackle this and positively engage with those conducting this behaviour. The DNOs have been on patrol with the Street Intervention Officers this week and we are aiming to do more of these patrols in the area. 

This weekend will host a big event for our community within the area for the holy month of Ramadan and we are wishing our community Eid Mubarak. We hope everyone has a wonderful time celebrating with family and friend. Officers will be around to support and ensure everyone’s safety, come and say Hello! 

Save the date: 

Manor Farm, Cowley, Morcom, River lee and Roma Road Residents meeting Friday 27th March 2026 at 1600-1800 hours at Scouts Hut, Manor Farm Road. 

Empowered Steps 26th March 2026 at 12:00 in Oaklands Recreational Ground. - We will be duplicating these walks in Small Heath Park and Ackers - Keep your eyes peeled for more dates. 

Street Watch: Are you wanting to support your community? Why not join up to our street watch programme. If you are interested please do not hesitate to contact the below details and we will get you signed up or if you wish to gain an insight to how this works and what Street watch do and know who are your local Street Watch members. 

South Yardley Website: We are now updating this every month with our priorities and actions we have taken and we have taken including upcoming events. Keep your eyes peeled. Here is the link: https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/area/your-area/west-midlands/birmingham/south-yardley/about-us/our-priorities 

Did you know you can also contact us via our email: southyardley@westmidlands.police.uk please only use this email in non-emergency cases, this can be reporting issues/concerns you have or any intelligence you wish to inform us of. Otherwise, please utilise our 101 non-emergency line and 999 in emergencies.