Around 10.30am, Wednesday 3 June 2026: abandoned street furniture in Portswood Broadway

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 3, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments One long cabinet and crate outside the former Roebridge Farm Vegetable Shop (next door to the former Flagship Coffee); One supermarket trolley plus various items eg bedding, inside outside the former Farms Foods Shop in the former Portswood Shopping Centre; Some bedding left strewn in the alleyway outside the Admiral Casino shop, next door to the Victory Gospel Church. The above reported to...
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3 June 2026: Message from the Chief Constable of Hampshire and IOW Constabulary Alex Boon: “Response to violence and disorder in Southampton last night”

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 3, 2026 in Important Police Communications, News | 0 comments From: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary via Neighbourhood Alert<alert@neighbourhoodalert.co.uk> Response to violence and disorder in Southampton last night Chief Constable Alexis Boon said: “We understand and appreciate as police officers that we are accountable for our actions. What we ask, however, is that those actions are judged through fair and transparent processes. In...
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Southampton Police (Facebook) and Daily Echo – 1 June 2026: A man has been convicted for the murder of Henry Nowak

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 1, 2026 in News | 0 comments Video below: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2031397370810931   From Daily Echo, Monday 1 June 2026: ‘Sentencing of Vickrum Digwa for muder of Henry Nowak’: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26155493.sentencing-vickrum-digwa-murder-henry-nowak—live/
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Approximately 7.45am and 9am, Saturday 30 May 2026: Three what looked like rough sleepers outside Victory Gospel Church

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 1, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Reported to Community Safety and the Police.
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Approximately 7.45am and 9am, Saturday 30 May 2026: Four/five street drinkers outside former Flagship Coffee

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 1, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Reported to Community Safety and the Police.
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31 May 2026: Key safe box ripped from wall and key taken – Furzedown Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 31, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments This is the 2nd time this has happened. The first time around 20 May. Reported to the Police  and the locks have been changed.
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The next free Friends of Portswood Rec ‘Nature Kids’ event is this Saturday 6 June from 1030 to 1230 at the Rec. – for accompanied early years children. See more below!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 31, 2026 in News | 0 comments More info below, courtesy of Friends of Portswood Rec.  
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Art for Art’s Sake – August event, sponsored by HRA – 22-23 August, Avenue St Andrews Church

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 31, 2026 in News | 0 comments Artists and Craft Makers in the area are busy preparing for Arts For Art’s Sake, which is taking place at Avenue St. Andrew’s Church on the Avenue on the weekend of 22-23 August 2026. It’s part of the HRA 50th Anniversary celebrations and has been registered as a Hampshire Open Studios event. The event is likely to feature a whole range of arts and crafts, ranging from...
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