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Hello Bloxwich Residents, As the week comes to a close, our team wanted to share a quick update on what your local neighbourhood policing team have been up to. It has been a busy and productive week for the Bloxwich Neighbourhood Team. ✅ Good News from Your Local Policing Team ✅ Bloxwich Neighbourhood have been proactive over the last couple of weeks as the team have conducted arrest attempts and stop searches in the local area. The team have had 4 arrests for offences including common assault, theft from shop and driving under the influence of alcohol. Our Designated Neighbourhood Officers have patrolled the Turnberry Estate on foot with our members from Street Watch. Whilst completing proactive patrols in the area, Bloxwich officers have also recovered stolen vehicles.The team have conducted mobile patrols on Bloxwich High Street, as well as in Dudley Fields, Mossley, Turnberry, Lower Farm and Blakenall Heath.
📅 Upcoming Police & Community Engagements 📅 Bloxwich Neighbourhood PCSOs are attending Bloxwich Library for a drop-in session. Please come in and speak to us, whether it’s to ask for advice or just a chat! Date/Time: 16/04/26 10:00-11:00 Location: Bloxwich Library, Elmore Row, Bloxwich, WS3 2HR💬 Suggestions: Neighbourhood drop-in / surgerySpeed watch operationsPublic safety workshops (scam prevention, personal safety)
🚨 Crime Prevention Tips: 🚨 This week we are offering advice on email and mobile phone fraud. There are many scams out there, so precaution needs to be taken when using your mobile phones, receiving emails or text messages from unknown sources. What to do to avoid scams: If you use an online banking app, only use the official app provided by your bank. Only download apps from official app stores, such as: Apple App Store, Android Marketplace, Google Play Store. Downloading them from unofficial or unknown sources could infect your phone with a virus. Never give your mobile banking security details, including your passcode, to anyone else and don’t store them on your phone. For added security set up a password or PIN to lock your mobile. Examples of mobile phone scams: Text scams offering you money for an accident you may have had is often a ploy to get your personal details. Don’t reply, even by sending a ‘STOP’ text. Simply delete the message. You may get a text or advert encouraging you to enter a competition for a great prize. The scammers will charge extremely high rates for the messages you send them, as high as £2 per text message. Don’t reply.‘Trivia scams’ involve you answering general knowledge questions to win a prize. The first few questions will be very easy, so you keep playing. But the last one or two questions you need to answer to claim your ‘prize’ could be very difficult or even impossible. If you try to claim your prize, you may have to call a premium-rate number, often beginning 0906. You then have to listen to a long recorded message, designed to keep you on the line. It’s highly unlikely there’ll be a prize at the end of it. Don’t phone back to claim. ‘SMiShing’ (SMS phishing) is when a scammer texts asking for personal or financial information. The message may appear to be from a legitimate company, like a mobile phone provider, but legitimate companies never ask you to provide sensitive information by text. Don’t reply to these texts. Simply delete them. Unless you’re using a secure webpage, don’t send or receive private information when using public WiFi. And be aware of who’s around you when using a mobile device to go online.For more information and help and to report this and many other types of fraud, visit Report Fraud, the UK’s national cyber crime and fraud reporting service.
📞 How to Contact Us or Report Information 📞 Non-Emergency: 101 Emergency: 999 / 112 (if crime in progress or immediate danger) Report Online: West Midlands Police Anonymous Reporting: Crimestoppers
💬 Stay Connected with Your Local Team: Neighbourhood Policing Team Email: bloxwich@westmidlands.police.ukIf you are also interested in taking action to reduce crime in your area, you can start your own neighbourhood watch group! These schemes can help cut crime and the opportunities for crime; help and reassure those who live in the area; encourage neighbourliness and closer communities. To get set up, you can find out more by visiting Neighbourhood Watch.
🤝🏼 Our focus remains on reducing crime, supporting victims, and working with partners and the public to make Bloxwich a safer place for everyone. As always, thank you for your ongoing support. If you see something suspicious or have concerns in your area, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re here to help. Thank you for working with us to keep Bloxwich safe and informed. See you out and about! 
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