There is a Portswood Police and Communities Together Meeting (PACT) from 6.30pm to 8pm on Thursday 2 July at Highfield Church Centre if you have any issues or concerns you wish to raise.

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 8, 2026 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Info courtesy of SCC  
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2.30pm, Monday 8 June 2026: About six street drinkers in corner in between the former Farm Foods shop and Atlantic Cleaners, in the former Portswood Shopping Centre

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 8, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Plus one full trolley with bedding, etc. Reported to Community Safety.
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Around 11.30am on Sunday 7 June 2026: 4 street drinkers in seating area outside former Flagship Coffee

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 7, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Reported to Community Safety.
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9.45am, Friday 5 June: Two street sleepers and lots of bedding and one trolley full – outside former The Broardway Pub, Portswood Broadway

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 5, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Reported to Community Safety.
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According to Daily Echo 2/6/26: Crime and ASB as violence and disorder erupted from a protest about the murder of Henry Nowak that turned into a riot in Portswood

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 3, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments According to the Daily Echo, see article below, violence and disorder erupted in Belmont Road (home of the Digwa family and near to the location where Henry Nowak was fatally stabbed), St Denys Road and outside Portswood Police Station on the evening/night of Tuesday 2 June 2026: Bricks (ripped off walls), bottles/cans, wheelie bins (sometimes on fire), traffic cones thrown at police 11 police...
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A lot of rubbish in front driveways / front gardens of numbers 3/3A, 5 and 7 Brookvale Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 3, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments As this was not on Council land but on private property and all HMOs, it was passed to HRA Honorary Secretary to follow up and an email was sent to the Council’s HMO Enforcement Department, email: HMOEnforcement@southampton.gov.uk
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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 Crime Incidents, 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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