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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Reports of people approaching a house and snooping about – Highfield Lane

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 17, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Recent – around 15/16/17 February 2025. People encouraged to report these incidents to the police.  
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Reports of snooping and trying a car door on one property – Orchards Way

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 17, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments This happened at 1.47am on the night of 16/17 February 2025. People encouraged to report incidents to the police.
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Attempted burglary – Russell Place

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 16, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Took place on the evening of 15 February 2025 at around 7.30pm. The 3 men involved ran when disturbed but one was possibly seen with a concealed weapon. Police were in the area during the evening and were asking if anyone had seen a red Corsa type car, to let them know. Local CCTV is being checked.
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Incident in ATZ area – Abbotts Way

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 13, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments At 11.10am on the morning of 13/02/25, the person reporting this incident was taking a very elderly person out, and was manoeuvring their car from their drive onto their neighbour’s drive. They were half way across the road when a large black car came speeding towards them from the Highfield Lane direction. This driver sounded his horn and then proceeded to overtake them. Totally careless...
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Anti-social behaviour incidents – around Khartoum Road, Highfield Hall and the Avenue Campus

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 9, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments One of our members has written to various contacts at the University, the HRA and Councillors about persistent ASB incidents round Khartoum Rd, Highfield Hall and The Avenue Campus, which are becoming unbearable and keeping them awake at night. They start around 10pm ish and last sometimes until 2am. He suspects it might be students, although other people/youngsters are also in that area.  He...
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Traffic and speeding offences/serious safety incidents during Weeks 1 and 2 of Bus-gate trial: various areas of Highfield

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 6, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Traffic/serious safety incidents in Brookvale Road/Highfield Lane during the Bus-gate trial due to increased volume of traffic, especially for children going to Highfield School or elderly people: incident with delivery motorbike on the Brookvale Road Several near misses for cyclists and pedestrians reported a car mounted a pavement in Highfield Lane that hit a buggy. No one was hurt cars...
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