Full list of Birmingham tower blocks where CCTV pilot could be introduced

Alexander Brock

20 June 2024 at 7:09 am·2-min read

Topfield House in Druids Heath — -Credit: (Image: Google Maps)

New CCTV cameras could soon be introduced at a number of tower blocks across Birmingham as part of a proposed pilot. The city council has committed to exploring how CCTV could be reintroduced into council high and low-rise blocks and neighbourhoods.

It is therefore proposing to implement a 12-month CCTV pilot at certain “hotspots”, where a particular block or estate is suffering from significant crime and antisocial behaviour (ASB). A number of these areas, according to recently-published council report, experience ASB such as criminal damage, fires and drug taking.

The council’s decision to previously decommission all CCTV around a decade ago was taken based on the financial pressures at the time. The report said: “This decision was in part informed by the potential increase in service charges needed to fund the upgrade of the CCTV system, at a time when the switch to Universal Credit meant that many tenants were coping with budgeting their income to meet their outgoings.”

Birmingham City Council's cabinet will consider the proposals for the CCTV pilot, which have been recommended for approval, next week. The priority hotspot blocks, according to the report, are as follows:

Bakeman House - South Yardley

Barrow House - North Edgbaston

Brookpiece House - Druids Heath and Monyhull

Browning Tower - Bournville and Cotteridge

Coppice House - Tyseley and Hay Mills

Drews House - Druids Heath and Monyhull

Essington House - Ward End

Harrison House (Sheltered) - Druids Heath and Monyhull

Hollypiece House - Tyseley and Hay Mills

Homemeadow House - Tyseley and Hay Mills

Inkerman House - Newtown

Jordan House - Hodge Hill

Kineton House - Billesley

Loweswater House - Kings Norton South

Middlefield House - Druids Heath and Monyhull

Moor House - Druids Heath and Monyhull

Parker House - Druids Heath and Monyhull

Pleck House - Druids Heath and Monyhull

Sandhurst House - Kings Norton South

Shelley Tower - Bournville and Cotteridge

Topfield House - Druids Heath and Monyhull

Waltham House - Kings Norton South

Wyrley House - Stockland Green

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