shirley east Crime Intelligence

We want our neighbourhoods to be a safe place for everyone to live, work, visit and travel to. We know that sometimes this peace can be disturbed. Anti-social behaviour can include any behaviour or incident which causes alarm or distress. This can include issues such as repeated annoyance or nuisance behaviours, or deliberate intimidation. We will use a variety of tactics to prevent and deter these behaviours, and take enforcement action where appropriate.

The team has been working with local Schools and Colleges to identify some of the youths causing ASB in the area
Officers have been conducting over time patrols for a higher presence in the town centre in the late afternoons, working closely with BID security to keep the town centre a more friendly environment for everyday members of the public

Solihull has a large business retail community, and much of that is within the town centre. We recognise the impact which retail crime has on businesses and their employees, and also indirectly to the wider public. We will continue to use a variety of tactics to detect, disrupt and apprehend offenders. Most of this crime is theft, but also relevant is fraud, assault and public order offences.

4 CPWs have been issued after shoplifters were identified and deal with accordingly
The team are continuing to work closely with businesses and BID security to deter shoplifters with hi visibility patrols

There has been a rise in thefts of and from motor vehicle in recent weeks.
The team are actively conducting high visibility around intelligence led locations and known hot spots to deter and identify those involved.
The team are working closely with security teams in the town centre to deter bike thefts as well as gathering intelligence from the community ensure we have the right resources in our local area to deter and detect crime in relation to theft of and from motor vehicles.