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

New CCTV cameras could soon be introduced at a number of tower blocks in Birmingham as part of a pilot project. The city council has pledged to explore how CCTV could be reintroduced in high-rise and low-rise council blocks and boroughs.

It therefore proposes to implement a 12-month CCTV pilot in certain ‘hotspots’, where a particular block or property suffers from significant crime and anti-social behavior (ASB). A number of these areas, according to the council’s recently published report, face ASB, such as criminal damage, fire and drug use.

The council’s decision to previously decommission all CCTV around a decade ago was based on financial pressures at the time. The report said: “This decision was partly informed by the potential increase in service charges required to fund the CCTV upgrade, at a time when the move to Universal Credit meant many tenants were struggling to budget their income to meet . costs.”

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Birmingham City Council’s cabinet will consider 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 – Heath and Monyhull Druids

Browning Tower – Bournville and Cotteridge

Coppice House – Tyseley and Hay Mills

House of Drews – The Druids of Heath and Monyhull

Essington House – Ward End

Harrison House (housed) – 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 – Heath and Monyhull Druids

Moor House – Heath and Monyhull Druids

Parker House – Heath and Monyhull Druids

Pleck House – Heath and Monyhull Druids

Sandhurst House – Kings Norton South

Shelley Tower – Bournville and Cotteridge

House Topfield – Heath and Monyhull Druids

Waltham House – Kings Norton South

Wyrley House – Stockland Green

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