Alert: report of an incident in the West Bromwich area

Reported by St Mary Magdalene CE Primary School

On Wednesday 16 January 2018 at 5.15pm, a member of staff was waiting for a bus at the Red Lion bus stop when a car stopped and a man asked her to get in the car. The man became verbally abusive when she refused.

Police have been informed.

Also reported: three “suspicious” males have been hanging around the car parking areas by the school and the Red Lion Pub.

Alert: report of an incident – Reported by Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy on Thursday 29 November 2018

On Thursday 29 November 2018 at approximately 9am, a student was on her way to school from Tipton [“near an industrial estate”] when she was approached by a man in a black car who spoke to her in an inappropriate manner. The student ran away but the man drove up to her and tried to “get her”. The student ran to school.

Description: white male, middle-aged driving a black car.

The police have been notified.

Alert: report of an incident in the Oldbury area

Reported by Q3 Academy Langley on Thursday 22 November 2018 [am]

Location: the corner of Moat Road and Knotthall Lane, Oldbury

Date of incident: Tuesday 20 November 2018 at 3.15pm

As two students were walking along Moat Road, approaching Knotthall Lane, a man walked towards them. The man pretended to be on his phone before attempting to grab the phone from one of the students, which resulted in the student dropping the phone and rushing to retrieve it. The man left the scene, at a casual pace, with his head down.

Description: male, approximately 5’8” tall, and wearing a grey tracksuit with the hood over his head.

The police had been informed

Alert: reports of incidents in the Wednesbury and Oldbury areas

Reported by Wood Green Academy on Tuesday 20 November 2018 [pm]

Location: Darby Road, Wednesbury

It was reported on Tuesday 20 November 2018 [pm] that a student from Wood Green Academy was walking along Darby Road when she made eye contact with a man in a green car. He started the car and began to follow her. The student took out her phone to call a friend and the man stopped the car, got out and started to watch her. The student believed the man was following her.

Description: Asian male, 5”4’ tall, with a trimmed beard.

Reported to the police.

Reported by Perryfields High School on Tuesday 20 November 2018 [pm]

Location: Apsley Road leading onto the Kingsway, Oldbury

It has been reported that at approximately 4.45pm on Tuesday 20 November 2018 a man stopped his car [silver family car] to speak to a student and her friends and asked, “Do you know Leena?”. The man reached for his seatbelt to open it. The students didn’t respond and ran back to school.

Description: Asian male, in his 30’s, short beard and wearing grey/black hoodie.

Reported to the police.

Alert: report of an incident in the West Bromwich/Smethwick area

Reported by Holly Lodge High School on Monday 19 November 2018 [am]

A sixth form student has reported that she has been “stalked” by a Asian male, in his 40’s. The man has been following her from the West Bromwich bus station to school and today [Monday 19 November 2018] at 8.30am the man approached her and gave her his phone number to contact him.

The police have been notified.

Safety alert – Walsall area

Two Year 12 girls were walking home on Monday along Wednesbury Road in Pleck at about 1pm and a car pulled up. It was black and there was an Asian man in it with a black man. The Asian man asked if they knew of anywhere to eat around there any Asian food. They said Karma. He kept asking the same thing at least 5 times which they interpreted as him wanting them to get closer to the car. He then asked if they were legal and said oh you must be as you have ID badges. He asked if they were in a relationship and asked for their phone numbers. He said they could whats app. They started to walk away and he kept shouting for them to come back.

Reported by Moat Farm Junior School on Monday 22 October 2018 [am]

On Friday 19 October 2018 at approximately 3.30pm, a Year 4 pupil was waiting for her mum at the front of the school, when she was approached by two girls in high school uniform. They asked the pupil if she wanted to be their friend, to have some sweets, and if she wanted to go with them.

The pupil’s mum returned and approached them. The girls ran away.

Police have been notified.

Alert: report of an incident in the Tipton area

Reported by Jubilee Park Academy on Wednesday 10 October 2018

At 8.45am this morning [10 October 2018], a man was reported as acting suspiciously outside Jubilee Park Academy. Although the man did not approach any children, two parents and a volunteer member of staff found his actions to be suspicious and reported him to the school.

Description: male, wearing a teal‑blue beanie hat, yellow Hi‑Vis jacket and carrying a black satchel and a black backpack.

Reported by Ormiston Forge Academy on Wednesday 19 September 2018 [pm]

Location: Highgate Street, by the bus stop near Best Street.

On Wednesday 19 September 2018, at approximately 10am, a sixth form student reported that she was approached by a car and asked questions by the driver, which made her feel uncomfortable. The student walked faster, but the car continued to follow. At this point the student believed that one of the passengers was going to get out of the vehicle, when a member of the public intervened and accompanied the student to school.

Description: three Asian males, approximately late 20s/early 30s. The driver had a short beard. The car was a white BMW 3 Series [4 door].

The police were notified.

Reported by RSA Academy on Wednesday 19 September 2018 [am]

Information has been received that this morning [Wednesday 19 September 2018 (am)] a Year 7 student was approached by a man on St Mark’s Road, Tipton.

Description: white male, approximately 6ft tall with dark brown hair and wearing dark blue trousers and a dark blue hoodie.

The police were notified.

Alert: report of an incident in them Rowley Regis area

On Monday 17 September 2018 at 7.30pm a student was walking home on Throne Road, Rowley Regis when she was followed by a black car, possibly a Vauxhall Corsa. There were three men in the car who shouted at the student and asked how old she was. A woman driver who saw the incident, beeped the horn for them to move on, and then walked the student home.

Description: The driver was a white male, in his 30s, with scruffy dark hair and full beard. The front passenger was a white male, in his 30s with shaved hair. The rear passenger was obscured by the car’s tinted glass.

The police have been notified.

Alert: report of an incident in the West Bromwich area

Reported by All Saints CE Primary School on Thursday 21 June 2018 [am]

At approximately 8.30am this morning, two Year 6 pupils were on their way to school along Scaffel Way, West Bromwich, when a car approached them. The window of the car was down and the driver opened the door slightly and beckoned the students to the car.

Description: mixed race male, aged 20 to 30‑years‑old, bald with a “bit of a beard”, driving a white/cream Mini with tinted windows and black stripe on boot, roof and bonnet .

The police have been notified.

Alert: report of an incident in the Tipton area

Reported by Summerhill Primary School on Thursday 21 June 2018 [pm]

On Wednesday 20 June 2018, a Year 6 student was walking home along Central Avenue, Tipton, when a man started taking photographs of her. The man then got into his car, a black Range Rover, and followed the girl home.

Description: Asian male with black hair tied in a ponytail.

The police have been notified.

Alert: report of an incident in the Wednesbury area

Reported by Old Park Primary School on Tuesday 12 June 2018 [pm]

A report of an incident on Saturday 9 June 2018.

A pupil from Old Park Primary School was playing in the front garden when he was approached by a man. The man spoke to the child, encouraging him to leave the garden and tried to direct the child towards him.

Description: white male, mid‑20s to early‑30s, dark hair and wearing a black tracksuit.

The incident was reported to the police.

Alert: report of an incident in the Oldbury area

Reported by Oldbury Academy on Tuesday 12 June 2018 [am]

A notification was received, by phone, from a local garage worker. He spoke of two young boys and a girl running past him on the forecourt and into the building. They looked visibly scared so he asked if they were okay. They pointed towards a man on a bike and said he had been following them. When he realised he had been seen, the man on the bike covered his face and rode off.

Description: male, wearing a grey hoody – hood up, and riding a black bike.

The police have been notified.

Alert: report of an incident in the Rowley Regis area

Reported by St Michael’s CE High School on Tuesday 22 May 2018 [am]

The incident occurred on 21 May 2018 at 5pm at the top of Curral Road, Rowley Regis.

As the student left school to go home he was approached by two males who grabbed him by the arm and asked if he had any drugs on him. The student said he had no drugs but they did not believe him and went through his pockets, taking his money and phone. The student was punched on the mouth and cheek, near his eye. After the assault the males ran off.

This is the second time this student has been targeted by these two males.

Description: two black males, approximately 19‑years‑old, one was of stocky build and the other slim build, wearing tracksuits and ski masks. One of the males wore a baseball cap.

The police have been notified.

Reported by the RSA Academy on Tuesday 17 April 2018 [pm]

On the morning of Tuesday 17 April 2018, a Year 7 student was approach by a man and asked to get into his car. The incident occurred on Richards Road, Tipton and the car was described as small and black.

Description: male, tall, slim build and wearing a cap.

The police have been notified.

Reported by Rowley Hall Primary School on Thursday 22 March 2018 [am]

At approximately 9am today [Thursday 22 March 2018] a parent who was walking to school noticed a man in an alleyway, messing with his trousers and taking them up and then down, where pupils were making their way to school. The parent passed by him, but nothing was said, as he appeared to be drunk and unaware of people around him.

Location: Alleyway between Sandringham Drive and Stuart Road, Rowley Regis

Description: White male, late 20’s, 6ft tall, thin build, wearing beige trousers, blue jacket, black hoodie (hood up under jacket) and unshaven.

The police have been informed.

Tuesday 6 February 2018 [approximately 3.20pm]

A Year 8 student from Wodensborough Ormiston Academy was asked the time by an Asian male in black Peugeot car [V registration]. He then asked her to get in the car. The student ran to her mother who went to speak to the man, who subsequently drove away.

The police were notified and information was later received that the man in question had been arrested and was in custody at that time.

Notified by Sandwell Community School [Smethwick Campus] on Friday 9 February 2018 [pm]:

On Friday 9 February 2018 at 11.45am, a Year 8 student reported that a man approached her and demanded her number in a rude and offensive manner. The student ran off and saw the man get into a black car. The incident occurred near St Pauls Road.

Description: mixed race male in his 30’s, about 5’ 9”, with black hair with a “quiff” and side-burns and moustache. He is of slim build and wearing black jeans, black hoodie and a black cap.

The police have been notified.

Alert: report of an incident in the Oldbury area

Reported by The Meadows Sports College on Wednesday 31 January 2018 [pm]

At 12.20pm today [Wednesday 31 January 2018] a class returned from an offsite activity and noticed a woman in the bushes, which run parallel to the school playground, where students were due to go outside as it was approaching lunchtime. No communication was made and staff returned to the area, 15-20 minutes later and she had gone.

Location: a side road off Dudley Road East, Oldbury, that leads to the temple.

Description: Asian woman, approximately 60-years-old, wearing Asian clothing and a coat, holding a large carrier bag.

The police have been informed.

Alert: report of an incident in the Quinton area

Reported by Perryfields High School Specialist Maths and Computing College on Tuesday 23 January 2018 (pm)

On Monday 22 January 2018 at 4.50pm, a student from Perryfields High School got off the number 54 bus on Faraday Avenue, Quinton when a male gestured to her a number of times for her to go to him: the student refused. She ran to a woman who she knew and was walking down the road. When the student looked back the man was hiding behind a wall.

Description: middle-aged black male, wearing black clothing and a black baseball cap with a black peak.

The student’s parents contacted the police and the police will be taking a statement this evening.

Alert: report of an incident in the Oldbury area

Reported by Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy on Wednesday 17 January 2018 [pm]

On Wednesday 17 January 2018, at approximately 8.10am, a group of five Year 7 students from Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy were followed by a man and a woman in a white van in Elm Terrace, Tividale. The students were followed on to Birch Crescent and Packwood Road where the van pulled up in front of them. The students crossed the road and carried on along Packwood Road. The van continued to follow them and pulled up again on the corner of Packwood Road. The students ran off on to Birmingham New Road.

Description: male, in his 30’s, black hair and beard and a “stretcher” in his right ear.

Alert: report of an incident in the Smethwick area

Reported by Crocketts Community Primary School on Thursday 11 January 2018 [pm]

On Wednesday 10 January 2017, at approximately 4pm on Smethwick High Street, a seven year-old girl was grabbed by a man. He approached her as she walked home with her sister and auntie. The man held the girl’s hand and pulled her towards him. Her sister and auntie intervened.

The girl did not know the man.

Description: Asian male, with dark hair.

Safety alert: Report of an incident in the Rowley Regis area

Reported by St Michael’s CE High School on Wednesday 6 December 2018 [am]

At 3.20pm on 5 December 2017, a student was walking from school, down an alleyway towards Brickhouse Primary School, when he was approached by two males. They asked the student if he had weed on him – he replied, “no”. One male searched the student’s pockets and took his phone, which the student managed to grab back. They then took the student’s keys and money, which he was able to get back. As the student attempted to run away he was pulled back by his bag and physically assaulted by one of the males punching him to the right side of his eye.

Description: two black males in their late teens, one wearing a deep red tracksuit and the other a dark blue tracksuit. Both males wore their hoods up and one wore a face mask. One male was of big‑build and the other slim‑build.

The police were informed of this incident this morning.

Other students have reported similar incidents of being approached by two males, as described above, and the police have been informed.

Safety alert Wednesday 15th November, 2017

Reported by Q3 Academy Great Barr on Wednesday 15 November 2017 [am]

It has been reported that on Tuesday 14 November 2017 [3.40pm] three students were walking home down Wilderness Lane, Great Barr, towards the alley alongside Redhouse Park, when they were approached by a man, who spoke to them and proceeded to follow them. The students were able to walk away and reached home safely.

Description: Asian male, in his mid-sixties and wearing glasses. The man was wearing a grey hat, tracksuit bottoms and a blue fleece top.

Safety alert Tuesday 7th November, 2017

Alert: report of an incident in the Oldbury area
Reported by Causeway Green Primary School on Monday 6 November 2017 [pm]

We received a report yesterday that a parent, was grabbed by a man, on her way to collect her children from school in Ashes Road. The offender was described as male, in his 20-30’s and appeared intoxicated. The man also tried to grab a male passer-by.

Safety alert Monday 17th July, 2017

On Monday 17 July 2017 [am] it has been reported that a Year 8 student from Bristnall Hall Academy was approached by a man driving a black Ford car on Douglas Road. The man asked the girl to get into his car, stating that her parents had asked him to pick her up. The car continued to follow the student down the road.

Description: Asian male, approximately 40-50 years old and wearing a black t-shirt

Safety alert Monday 26th June, 2017

Hotpoint FF175 range of fridge freezers – Grenfell Tower fire caused by fridge freezer [Circular 108]

The alert outlines the actions owners of fridge freezers, of the type implicated in the Grenfell Tower fire, need to take. Please act on requirements of the alert and cascade to others as required.

Safeguarding alert Monday 26th June, 2017

On his way home from school on the Wednesbury Oak Road, a student was approached by a man on a “push bike” and asked him if he would like a ride on his bike. The student refused and the main rode off.

Description: male, wearing a grey track suit.

Safeguarding alert

Please be aware of an incident that took place in Jubilee Park, Tipton (entrance near Highfield Road, opposite Watt Road) on Wednesday morning. A man approached a lady and her son and exposed himself.

Description: white male aged about 40, with short brown hair and clean shaven. He was wearing light grey shorts and a navy blue T‑shirt.

The police have been informed

March 2017

Alert for parents and carers:

An incident occurred on Thursday 16 March 2017 at 3.15pm on Marsh Lane, West Bromwich when a mobile phone was taken off a Year 7 student on the way home from The Phoenix Collegiate.

A man on a bicycle approached the student and stole her iPhone. He was wearing all black clothes with a red and black scarf, covering most of his face.

The police have been notified.

January 2017

Please see below information from Staffs Police about an app being used by young people which has raised significant concern, so you can be aware of the app should it come up at all.

Content in square brackets [ ] has been edited at WGA.

“We have had an incident involving a new app available on smartphones, androids, tablets called “Live.me”. I say “new”, this is the first occasion this “App” has come to the attention of the Safenet staff in Staffordshire.

On 14/1/17 a young girl, age 12, has set up a profile on “live.me” and has performed on a “Livestream”. The title of this she called, “I will do anything on camera”.

The broadcast starts with the a [child] twerking. She is wearing her pyjamas. People have then started to follow her broadcast. The [child] has said that she would allow anyone to watch her and there were 950 people watching her as the broadcast went on. People have then started to comment on the post. The [child then goes on to perform sexualised gestures, including revealing her naked top half]. The [child] can then be seen crying and rubbing her eyes.

When seen the [child] said she decided to download the “App”, “Live.me” after her friends at school had told her about it.

Following the download of the [child] and livestreaming the [child] had been messaged by a man who had told her to do things. The [child] allowed the male to follow her by clicking “Follow” as she would anyone who wanted to view her videos.

The [child] has been safeguarded and we are in a position to potentially ID the male. The purpose of the email is to highlight this app which some may or may not be aware of.”