Street Begging – Portswood Broadway: aggressive and passive begging

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 15, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments     A Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) controls street drinking, aggressive begging and drug and psychoactive substance use in Portswood Broadway. See the full Order in the link below. https://www.southampton.gov.uk/media/2pil3mdd/portswood-pspo-dec-2025-30012026.pdf With ‘aggressive begging’, the PSPO defines this as: “Loitering or begging in a manner that...
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11.15am Thursday 15 October 2026: One man drinking on bench outside BHF Shop

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 15, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments
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It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month and Hampshire Alert/Hampshire and IOW Constabulary have organised a seminar to learn how to better protect your email and social media accounts. More below

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 15, 2026 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Hampshire Constabulary via Neighbourhood Alert<alert@neighbourhoodalert.co.uk>             Cyber Security Awareness Month: Protecting Email and Social Media accounts Cyber Security Awareness Month: Protecting your Email and Social Media Accounts As part of Cyber Security Awareness Month, Report Fraud is raising awareness of the importance of protecting online...
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Report from HRA Member re Dispersal Order in Portswood, 9am 10/10/26 to 8pm 11/10/26

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 12, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Sunday 14:45 – cycling west he saw a group of 3 people sitting on the steps of Victory Church. Then, on turning right at the traffic lights into Brookvale Road, there were 2 people very clearly drunk (one standing gesticulating and one sitting) with 2 or 3 cans on the ground…  No police presence on Portswood Broadway.
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2-3 Street drinkers in seating/decking area outside former Flagship Coffee (now My Dubai|), Portswood

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 11, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Recent report (October 2026)
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Portswood dispersal order issued to tackle street drinkers

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 10, 2026 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments   Echo article in full below and here is the link: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26625040.portswood-dispersal-order-issued-tackle-street-drinkers/ A dispersal order has been issued after reports of groups of people drinking and harassing others on the street. Hampshire police have put a dispersal order in place in Portswood following concerns from residents and business owners about...
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Possibly overnight on night of 3 October 2026? Four bikes stolen from the bike shed of the block of flats in Richmond Gardens (towards the Shaftesbury Avenue end) possibly between 1-3pm

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 4, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments  They broke the shed lock and cut the bike locks. Reported to the police.
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Saturday 26 September 2026: Car parked fully on the pavement (in the middle) by the corner shop Brookvale Road/Portswood Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Sep 26, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Has a FPN (Fixed Penalty Notice) so it is assumed it will be taken away?
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