Crime and Safety

Crime and Safety

Four served with warnings in council and police graffiti crackdown

The four are banned from carrying aerosol cans, and the council says more members of the tagging crews are being identified.

7 April 2026 · Source: Birmingham City Council

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Unite fined £265,000 for breaching injunction at council bin depots

A High Court judge found the union deliberately and repeatedly breached an order stopping pickets blockading waste depots during the bin strike.

17 March 2026 · Source: Birmingham City Council

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Half-term knife crime project reaches more than 500 young people

Street sport, a Chill Zone tent and youth workers were part of a push in city centre hotspots, where reported knife incidents have fallen since October.

25 February 2026 · Source: Birmingham City Council

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Twelve convicted over £2.4m Covid grant fraud

The group used more than 50 companies and 100 bank accounts to claim grants and Bounce Back Loans.

23 August 2024 · Source: Birmingham City Council

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High Court injunction bans street cruising across Birmingham

Drivers, riders and passengers who take part could face up to two years in prison.

22 December 2022 · Source: Birmingham City Council

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Tesco fined £7.5m for selling out-of-date food in city stores

Officers found mouldy grapes and out-of-date children's meals in Bournville, Rubery and Carrs Lane.

19 April 2021 · Source: Birmingham City Council

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Pub bombings inquests find 21 were unlawfully killed

The jury found a botched IRA warning call caused or contributed to the deaths in 1974.

5 April 2019 · Source: Wikipedia

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Government takes over HMP Birmingham from G4S

The chief inspector of prisons found blood, vomit and rat droppings on the floors and staff hiding in offices.

20 August 2018 · Source: Wikipedia

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Order restored after major disturbance at HMP Birmingham

More than 600 inmates were involved in trouble at the G4S-run jail, where drugs had been a growing concern.

16 December 2016 · Source: Wikipedia

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New inquests ordered into the Birmingham pub bombings

The coroner says there is evidence police may have had advance warnings of the 1974 attacks.

1 June 2016 · Source: Wikipedia