A very disturbing incident – on the corner of Portswood Broadway and Westridge Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Around 3.45pm on Thursday 20 March 2025, there was a disturbing incident on the corner of Portswood Broadway and Westridge Road. A bare chested man was shouting at people, he was walking out into the road then throwing bricks into the road and hitting his head with a brick. He was extremely disturbed. The person witnessing this called 999 and reported the incident. Later he was asked to make a...
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Possible ‘zoned out’ drug users sitting on outside chairs belonging to Cha Sha, Portswood Broadway

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Around 2pm on Thursday 20 March 2025, there was a group of what possibly could be ‘clearly zoned out’ drug users sitting on chairs belonging to Cha Sha.
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Anti-social Dispersal Order

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Suggestion from LN: Portswood would benefit from a Dispersal Order. It comes under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act. Police Officers can direct people to leave an area and not return for usually 48 hours. Refusal is grounds for arrest etc. This requires proactive input from local police to issue and monitor. Disperal Orders are not just to move people elsewhere, they also give the police the...
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Just a reminder – the next quarterly Portswood Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting in our area is at the Highfield Church Centre, next Monday 24 March, 6.30-8pm, if you have any concerns or issues you wish to raise

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 20, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Some members of the HRA Crime information sharing WhatsApp Group will be attending! In Hampshire Alert 17/3/25, the Portswood Neighbourhood Policing Team say: “These meetings serve as a vital platform for residents like you to engage directly with the police and representatives from Southampton City Council. It is an excellent opportunity to voice your concerns, suggestions, and questions...
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Two youths with faces covered doing something shifty on top of a bin – Nile Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 20, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments They shuffled off when person went up to them and said ‘Afternoon Lads’. Reporting to Police encouraged.
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A blue BMW car was badly damaged by 6 youths – parked in Abbotts Way

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 20, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Car vandalised, windscreen smashed. Police were called and witnesses spoke to a police call handler. Took place at 8.50pm on Wednesday 19 March 2025.
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Noticed more street people/vagrancy around in Portswood – particularly outside the Victory Gospel Church and the old Iceland shop areas

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 19, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Reported to a PC in Portswood circa 20/3/2025. Mentioned vagrancy in old Iceland shop area and also in Victory Gospel Church (plus spill over onto charity shop) and other anti-social things the person reporting had seen in Portswood.
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Street drinkers – in doorway of the old Iceland store, Portswood Broadway, in violation of the Public Spaces Protection Order in Portswood

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 19, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Spotted on 19/3/25. Same group sitting and openly drinking. Will report to the police.
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