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Top reported crimes

Most commonly reported crimes during Jun 2026

  • Violence and sexual offences

    198

  • Shoplifting

    47

  • Public order

    33

  • Vehicle crime

    33
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Crime levels overview
Month Total Percentage
Jul 2025 437 9%
Aug 2025 409 8.5%
Sep 2025 407 8.4%
Oct 2025 413 8.6%
Nov 2025 379 7.8%
Dec 2025 415 8.6%
Jan 2026 361 7.5%
Feb 2026 346 7.2%
Mar 2026 393 8.1%
Apr 2026 419 8.7%
May 2026 409 8.5%
Jun 2026 441 9.1%

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Teams work closely with local authorities, organisations, partners and residents to decide policing priorities. This helps teams find long-term solutions to local problems. 

 

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Your team

  • Inspector

    Westley Smith 

  • Sergeant

    Warren Hickinbottom - Neighbourhood Sergeant

  • Police Constable

    Dean Wilkes - Local Action Team

  • Police Constable

    Katie Howard - Dedicated Neighbourhood Officer - Blackheath

  • Police Constable

    Mia Kesterton - Local Action Team

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    Patrick Blackford - Dedicated Neighbourhood Officer - Rowley

  • Police Constable

    Tomasz Maciejowski - Local Action Team

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    Garfield Simpson

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    Julie Wright

  • PCSO

    Richard Atkins

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    Ryan Lewis

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    Abbie Mansell - Dedicated Neighbourhood Officer - Cradley Heath

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    Judah Uppal - Dedicated Neighbourhood Officer - Tividale

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    Louise Kelly - Local Action Team

Policing priorities

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    ASB – General

    Issued 01 August 2026

    Action taken:

    Action

    •Review ASB hotspot locations across the four wards and create a patrol plan where and when demand is needed.
    •High visibility patrols in demand locations.
    •Issue of Community Protection warning/notices where suspects have been identified.
    •Targeted guardian patrols in key areas identified by police data.
    •ASB visits with council and other relevant partners at demand locations.
    •Discuss and action demand locations with partners at Town and Borough Tasking.
    •Engagement at schools to prevent offending results by delivering advise and education to students.
    •Plain cloths operations resulting in the stop search and arrest of approximately 10+ people. These arrests are from several incidents across various days.
    •Various events in the community to engage with communities and allow them to raise concerns and crime prevention items and advise.
    •Numerous intelligence submissions completed.

    Actioned 01 August 2026

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    Retail Crime – Thefts from Shops

    Issued 03 August 2026

    Action taken:

    Action

    •High visibility patrols in demand locations.
    •Arrange business watch meeting with retailers.
    •Plain cloths patrols in demand location.
    •Issue of Community Protection warning/notices.
    •Arrest and Charge Offenders who are identified.
    •Share information with other neighbourhoods for cross boarder offenders.
    •Various events in the community to engage with communities and allow them to raise concerns.
    •Meetings with key retailers to support the arrest of retail criminals.
    •New process created with partners to maximise evidential opportunities.

    Actioned 03 August 2026

  • Priority:

    Off Road bikes and Speeding

    Issued 03 August 2026

    Action taken:

    Action
    •Working with local community to identify suspects of off-road bikes and take positive action.
    Gather any intelligence to identify any suspects.
    CCTV opportunities
    •Home visits to issue warning letters in relation to off road bikes.
    •High visibility patrols around our key locations such as Warrens Hall, Bumble Hole and open spaces.
    •Police Operations with Police Off Road bikes to target bikes not on the highway.
    •Worked with our Road Harm Reduction Team to target bikes on the road.
    •Work in partnership with DY LPA.

    Actioned 03 August 2026

Meetings and events

Crime prevention Mobile Police Surgery At Sainsburys Blackheath (Organised By The Retail Crime Team)

11:00AM - 1:00PM, Sat 05 September 2026

Sainsburys Blackheath Halesowen street

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Crime prevention Mobile Police Van At Cradley Heath Tesco at 11:00 (Organised By The Retail Crime Team)

11:00AM - 1:00PM, Mon 07 September 2026

Tesco Foxoak street

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Knit and Natter

2:00PM - 4:00PM, Fri 02 October 2026

Oakham Library Poplar Rise, Tividale, Oldbury

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Police Surgery

2:00PM - 3:00PM, Fri 02 October 2026

Oakham Library Poplar Rise Tividale

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Chatty Group

10:00AM - 12:00PM, Wed 21 October 2026

Oakham Library Popular Rise Tividale B69 1RD

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Police Surgery

11:30AM - 12:30PM, Wed 21 October 2026

Oakham Library Poplar Rise Tividale

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Knit & Natter

2:00PM - 4:00PM, Fri 30 October 2026

Oakham Library Poplar Rise, Tividale, Oldbury

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Knit and Natter

2:00PM - 4:00PM, Fri 04 December 2026

Oakham Library Poplar Rise Tividale

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