Around midday, Saturday 17 October 2026 – at least 7-9 street drinkers on seating/decking area outside My Dubai (previously Flagship Coffee, plus lots of debris on pavement

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 17, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Street drinkers with cans. Additionally, there was a lot of debris on the pavement outside MyDubai, strewn across the pavement. The area looked pretty awful and it was very difficult to get past. It was also unpleasant to be there. Reported to Community Safety
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Three cyclist and motorised scooter incidents – all on pavement

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 16, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments 14/10/26: Portswood Road, Waitrose bus stop. Cyclist on pavement. Reasonable pace but getting in the way. Motorised scooter: shot by really fast. If anyone had stepped out of the bus shelter looking at a bus coming, there would have been an accident. Week-end of 10/11 October 2026: Portswood Broadway bus stop. Cyclist doing what they wanted, before riding into a...
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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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