Drug dealing in alleyway between Church Lane and Highfield Crescent

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 20, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Reported in WhatsApp Group on 20/7/26. Police advice is to report this with as much detail as possible of the people involved to build a picture of what is happening in the area. PC A’O said that the police will do ‘walk throughs’.  
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Morning of 20 July 2026: The encampment in the sheltered area of Portswood Shopping Centre cleared

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 20, 2026 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments By the police and Community Safety in conjunction with the owners/landlord of Portswood Shopping Centre
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Just a reminder that there is a Beat Surgery tomorrow, Monday 20 July 2026 in Portswood Broadway from 11am to 2pm, if you have any concerns or issues you wish to raise.

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 19, 2026 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments  See more details and a location map in link below: https://www.highfieldresidents.org.uk/beat-surgery…/ Info courtesy of Hampshire Alert /Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary  
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Afternoon 17 July 2026: Young man on wide-tyres electric bike riding on pavement outside Sainsbury’s

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 17, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Stopped by person reporting and said he shouldn’t be on the pavement. He responded that he didn’t want to be hit by a bus.
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10.40am, 17 July 2026: Two street people (one begging) outside former Flagship Coffee/Roebridge Farm Foods area / Also, encampment in former Portswood Shopping Centre still in situ

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 17, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Reported to Community Safety.
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Middle of the afternoon of Tuesday 14 July 2026: man urinating against a wall in full view near to the encampment in the former Portswood Shopping Centre

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 16, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments The residents says they no longer feel the place is pleasant to visit and they are less and less likely to want to visit the local shops (except for the two supermarkets), without some strong intervention to decrease the anti-social behaviour on Portswood High Street.
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Good News! Re the break-in in Oakmount Triangle/Leigh Road on 25 June 2026 (recorded here on 27/6/26)

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 16, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments When the pane of glass was removed from the kitchen door, the police got a full DNA from some samples taken. The alleged perpetrator is now in custody and linked to several break-ins around Southampton – none of the others in Highfield apparently.
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Am, 16 July 2026: Another report about the encampment in the former Portswood Shopping Centre (under the sheltered area):

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 16, 2026 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments
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