From SCC: Environmental Enforcement (eg for reporting littering, fly-tipping, graffiti-related offences, etc)
https://www.southampton.gov.uk/environment/street-cleaning/environmental-enforcement-in-southampton/?utm_source=e-shot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=City+News+23+October+2026 What the teams deal with The council’s Environmental...
read moreCrates, bedding and other discarded ‘street’ items in front of the former Flagship Coffee, Portswood
Observed today, Thursday 22 October 2026 at approximately 12 midday. The former Flagship Coffee is currently an empty shop which is situated next door to My Dubai which is an active shop. Reported to Community Safety and M.S.
read moreNight of 21/22 October 2026: Criminal damage and theft incident at local business, 119 Portswood Road, Portswood
Their large commercial cycling bin, kept away on their private property, was tipped over and all contents poured into Waitrose car park. Retrieved but the damage remains. Reported to the police. Crime no 44260518363.
read moreAround 4pm, Tuesday 19 October 2026 – incident at Waitrose involving two young men. Police in attendance
Currently no further details.
read moreFurther response from local Portswood police on use of Dispersal Order in Portswood and the PSPO (received 19/10/26)
(In the text below, PSPO is the Public Spaces Protection Order which controls street drinking, aggressive begging and drug taking in Portswood Broadway) In addition to asking about longer term solutions to using a Disposal Order (which can only be...
read moreStreet drinking in Portswood Broadway: outside My Dubai, next to Waitrose car park and outside the former Portswood Shopping Centre
September and October 2026 – 3 reports. All reported to the police.
read moreQuestion about the Dispersal Order raised in the HRA Crime Information Sharing WhatsApp Group. Response received from local Portswood police 17/10/26
A question was raised in the WhatsApp Group about whether there were any longer term solutions to using Dispersal Orders which only last up to 48 hours. Below is what I have received as a response from the local police. My question was not fully...
read moreArticle in The Echo, 18 October 2026: Car crashes through Southampton fence leaving it teetering on railings
Car crashes through Southampton fence leaving it teetering on railings Link to article https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26647417.car-crashes-southampton-fence-leaving-teetering-railings/ In full below By George Ratcliffe Reporter A car crashed...
read moreAround midday, Saturday 17 October 2026 – at least 7-9 street drinkers on seating/decking area outside My Dubai (previously Flagship Coffee, plus lots of debris on pavement
Street drinkers with cans. Additionally, there was a lot of debris on the pavement outside MyDubai, strewn across the pavement. The area looked pretty awful and it was very difficult to get past. It was also unpleasant to be there. Reported to...
read moreThree cyclist and motorised scooter incidents – all on pavement
14/10/26: Portswood Road, Waitrose bus stop. Cyclist on pavement. Reasonable pace but getting in the way. Motorised scooter: shot by really fast. If anyone had stepped out of the bus shelter looking at a bus coming, there would have been an...
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