School age boys ringing door bells and then running away – Highfield Lane

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 25, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Reported to WhatsApp Group on 25/06/24. Recent incidents Encouraged to report to the Police.
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Car break-in – Furzedown Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 25, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Around 4.30am on Sunday 23 June 2024. Video taken by a neighbour who saw the person walking along the road checking other car doors. A man with a bike. Encouraged to report to the Police.
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Man sitting every day on bench asking for ‘change’ – beside Cranford Way / Highfield Lane

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 24, 2024 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Reported to WhatsApp Group 24/06/24: Man sitting every day for a few hours on a bench beside Cranford Way, off Highfield Lane, with his bike. He apparently asks passerbys if they have any ‘spare change’ and ‘smokes’ (parents are always accompanied with children and he is only interested in what the parents can offer). This is directed to people on either side of the road....
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Buckingham Court, Westwood Road – two cars broken into

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 24, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Shared by HonSec: Happened on night of 23/24 June 2024. It is thought the cars might have been left unlocked but not certain. There was no damaged entry. The suspect might have been disturbed, inadvertently, this morning at 7.20am when the person reporting this was going out. The suspect was a young man on a bike. Encouraged to report.
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Introducing the new Sector Inspector for Portswood and Bitterne North… and an update on the new Shoplifting Team

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 23, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Local Policing News Introducing the new Sector Inspector for Portswood and Bitterne North Hello, my name is Jeanette Maidment and I am the new Sector Inspector for both Portswood and Bitterne North Wards for Hampshire Police. I grew up in London, in a culturally rich environment and have learnt that respect, trust and honesty are among my key values to getting policing right. I moved to...
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Have you seen this blue men’s ‘Giant’ bike? It was stolen from a garden in Abbotts Way, Highfield on Friday 14th/Saturday 15th June

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 17, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments
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Hampshire Alert – the Constabulary’s own two-way messaging email service where messages are sent directly into people’s mailbox

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 10, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments and people can now reply directly to the messages received and these replies go to the neighbourhood team for their area. People will now get communications relating to their area. To sign up, see below. Info courtesy of: Southampton Police The communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight play a key role in helping us to prevent, detect crime and anti-social behaviour. Working together, we can...
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Apparent shoplifting incident – Waitrose

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 9, 2024 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments This was on Wednesday 5th June around 8.30am in Waitrose. Staff reported that a man was caught apparently filling up his bag with laundry products after being watched by security in the alcohol section. The products were apparently removed from his bag and he was told to leave the shop.
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