Article from Daily Echo, 14/3/25: Arrest of three men from Sirdar Road, Portswood

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 15, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments   https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25010381.police-confirm-three-arrests-man-shot-southampton/ A later article reported that the men were later released on bail.
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Article in Daily Echo, Monday 10 March 2025: ‘Southampton Common: Man charged with sexual assault’

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 10, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments To read article, click on the link below, courtesy of the Daily Echo: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24995418.southampton-common-man-charged-sexual-assault/
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‘Enforcement results in your area’ – email from Hampshire Alert and Hampshire and the IOW Constabulary

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 5, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments “Good morning, Southampton North, Your local Neighbourhood Policing Teams from Portswood and Bitterne North joined forces with the Neighbourhood Enforcement Team yesterday (03/03/25), focusing on combating shoplifting offences on Portswood High Street, both in uniform and plain clothes. We conducted several stop searches over the course of the day for drug offences and shoplifting. As a...
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The next Portswood Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting in our area is on Monday 24 March, 6.30pm to 8pm at Highfield Church Centre, Highfield Lane SO17 1RL

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 5, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments If you have any concerns or issues you wish to raise. PACT-Portswood-24-march  
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Motoring/safety incident – Russell Place

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 5, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments On the 27th February 2025, at around 7.15pm, a car was spotted speeding towards the modal filter in Russell Place. The driver came to a sudden halt, drove into a resident’s drive in order to do a 3 point turn and in the process marginally missed driving into a person who was jogging.
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Car break-in – Highfield Lane, beside Glebe Court

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 25, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Took place recently. All contents were removed, including ‘car parking’ money and strangely – hand gel, screen cloth and bin. No damage done. Reported to the Police.
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Pedestrian near miss with two cyclists while crossing the 2nd part of the road from The Mitre to Sainsbury’s, Portswood

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 17, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments This incident occurred outsite the Portswood Broadway Bus-gate times: 1/3pm Saturday 15 February. A HRA member was with other pedestrians on the island half-way across to Sainsbury’s by The Mitre. The HRA member checked the traffic to the left and started across the 2nd half of the road. However, he was narrowly missed by a man and child on bikes coming from the right, who had cycled up...
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Dangerous driving; driver overtook stationery traffic queue at lights and drove the wrong way round the traffic island opposite Ceno – Highfield Lane

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 17, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Occurred outside Portswood Broadway Bus-gate times: At 8.30am on Friday 13 February 2025, a man in a large white car was spotted driving down Highfield Lane towards the Sainsbury’s Portswood traffic lights, then he overtook the stationery queue for the lights, drove the wrong way around the traffic island opposite Ceno’s and joined the right-hand lane to turn onto Portswood Broadway....
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