Updates from your Friendly Stechford & Yardley North Neighbourhood Team

Resident

Hi 

Another busy week on our neighbourhood ….

Officers have again been busy with assisting response officers with the various incoming demand on most days and carrying out arrests.

Patrols continue at the Yew Tree for motorists parking on the Zig Zags and those caught will receive their ticket, points and fine, Remember you can also report these vehicles by using www.nextbase.co.uk/national-dash-cam-safety-portal & Operation Snap to upload your footage, numerous tickets have been Issued.

Patrols have been conducted around the Glebe due to reports of parking issues 

Numerous patrols in and around Stechford Retail Park have been conducted, and now the darker night are here we have been targeting the car parks due to reported thefts from motor vehicles at the Retail Park - enquiries ongoing 

Officers have conducted numerous patrols around Old Yardley Park due to concerns from local residents reporting Anti Social Behaviour and possible Drug Issues in this area.

If you notice any vehicles where you live that you have not seen before or have been there for a long time please do not hesitate to contact us and we will gladly have a look and check them out.

Our Street Watch volunteers go from strength to strength and continue to be a high visibility presence in the community and a credit to Stechford & Yardley North Neighbourhood Team and West Midlands Police, We are still looking for more volunteers and if interested please contact me on the following  - kenneth.walters@westmidlands.police.uk 

We are still seeing offences of Theft of Keyless Vehicles and to stop your vehicle from being targeted please see the below regarding a Signal Blocking Pouch ……

Blocking Vehicle Theft

Keyless car fobs are an increasing common feature of modern vehicles, allowing proximity access and push – button Ignition

Unfortunately, as the design of vehicles has modernised, so too have the methods of the thieves that target them.

Tech – savvy criminals are using signal boosting devices to amplify the proximity signal of a fob that is inside a property, while an accomplice waits next to the vehicle, ready to open the door and known as Relay Attacks / Keyless Thefts.

This method Is quick, silent, & allows the easy theft of vehicles and valuables 

The Solution

The Defender Signal Blocker’s specialist RPF material prevents a contained key fob transmitting, preventing Relay Attacks If you require one then please contact me on the following ….kenneth.walters@westmidlands.police.uk 

Crime updates 

Theft from Motor Vehicle ….

On 08/11/25 between 20.00 hrs & 08.30 hrs on 09/11/25 Offenders have gained entry to a locked & secure VW Transporter Panel Van on Saxon Avenue, and stolen tools from within

On 04/11/25 between 23.00 hrs & 10.00 hrs on 05/11/25 Offenders have stolen both front & rear number plates from a Mercedes on Deer Park Way 

On 13/11/25 between 15.30 hrs & 15.40 hrs Offender has stolen a handbag containing house keys left on show inside a vehicle on Stechford Retail Park. 

On 15/11/25 between 15.35 hrs & 15.45 hrs Offender has gained access to a vehicle on Stechford Retail Park by smashing the passenger window and stolen a handbag containing a small amount of cash and shopping bags from the back seat 

On 14/11/25 between 16.30 hrs & 11.30 hrs on 15/11/25 Offenders have stolen front number plate from a Toyota Yaris on Church Road.

On 15/11/25 between 00.01 hrs & 07.00 hrs Offenders have stolen a front number plate from a Toyota Yaris on Church Road

Theft of a Motor Vehicle….

On 08/11/25 between 17.50 hrs & 20.45 hrs Offenders have stolen a locked Yamaha GBD Motorcycle from outside an address on Bordesley Green East 

On 11/11/25 between 00.30 hrs & 07.20 hrs Offenders have stolen a Range Rover from Queens Road, by unknown means but was fitted with a tracker and recovered in Warwickshire

On 03/11/25 between 00.01 hrs & 20.00 hrs on10/11/25 Offenders have stolen a VW Golf from Giles Close, by unknown means 

Criminal Damage to a Vehicle…

On 10/11/25 between 08.00 hrs & 09.00 hrs on 12/11/25 Offenders have smashed a rear window of a vehicle parked on Homestead Road

On 10/11/25 between 16.00hrs & 08.00 hrs on 11/11/25 Offenders have slashed two of the victims’ tyres and used an unknown Implement to scratch the side of the victim’s vehicle  

Residential Burglary…

On 10/11/25 at 20.00 hrs Offenders have gained entry to a property on Orpwood Road, by kicking in the lower door panel at the rear and once inside have heard the occupant and have made a quick exit (Nothing Stolen) 

Please be aware that we are due to have some frosty mornings this week and take care when defrosting your vehicle and do not leave it alone whilst defrosting.

Kind Regards 

PCSO K. Walters 

Stechford & Yardley North Neighbourhood Team 

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