Anti-social behaviour – open street drinking: Portswood Broadway (by the corner of October Books and the unmade alleyway, and on the steps of Victory Gospel Church)

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 29, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Took place on Tuesday 29 October between at least 12:15pm and 12:45pm. 6 men and 1 woman congregated on the steps of Victory Gospel Church and 4 men (one with a large plastic bottle of drink) by the corner of October Books and the unmade alleyway. This is in violation of the Public Spaces Protection Order in Portswood Broadway. Reported to Community Safety. The person reporting asked to be...
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Shed with children’s play equipment on fire and all contents burned – Highfield Infants’ School

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 27, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Started as a fire in the playground on Sunday afternoon, 27 October 2024. This spread and the shed and all contents were burned before the Fire Brigade could reach them. This is the 2nd time in a few weeks that the children’s play equipment has been burned. It was arson/vandalism the first time; is this arson again?
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Police officers investigating a non-suspicious death of a man found in April this year in undergrowth in a wooded area on the A35 The Avenue, close to the Burgess Rd junction, are appealing for information to identify him

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 18, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments All info below courtesy of Southampton Police on Facebook, 17/10/24 Police were called around 6.50pm on Friday 19 April to reports of a man’s body being located in undergrowth in a wooded area on the A35, The Avenue, close to the junction of Burgess Road. Sadly, the man was pronounced dead at the scene and we have so far been unable to identify him. He is described as being white, of skinny...
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Abandoned wrecked car – on pavement in Highfield Lane, opposite Highfield Church Centre

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 17, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Seen from Tuesday 15 October  at around 8.30pm onwards. NCJ wrote to PC A. O’Neill and PCSO H Morrison on 17/10/24 re the above, asking what happened and when the car will be removed. PC AO’N responded on 17/10/24 to say: “They have searched the area and found no trace of the vehicle. It appears the owner or driver may have been involved in an accident and left it there...
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‘Hit and run’ between 7pm and 9.30pm on 10 October 2024 – in Brookvale Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 16, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments   Information wanted.  
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Violation of Public Spaces Protection Order – Portswood High Street

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 8, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Tuesday am, 8th October 2024: 4 or 5 men were sitting on the steps next door to October Books bookshop, drinking and messing around. Open cans of drink were seen in violation of the Public Spaces Protection Order. Reported to Community Safety. Community Safety responded thanking me and saying that it would be followed up.
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Garage door forced and damaged – Brookvale Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 8, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Took place most likely on night of 7/8 October 2024. Nothing taken. Reported on 101.
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On October 12, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Portswood Neighbourhood Policing Team will be at Sainsbury’s on St Deny’s Road!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 8, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments All info from Southampton Police on Facebook (8/10/24): “Join Your Local Neighbourhood Policing Team! Mark your calendars! On October 12, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, your Portswood Neighbourhood Policing Team will be at Sainsbury’s on St Deny’s Road! This is a great opportunity to chat with the team about any concerns you may have regarding securing your home and property as we head...
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