1.45pm, Monday 26 October 2026: Four street drinkers (all had cans of alcohol) in the outside covered area of the Gospel Church, opposite October Books
Reported to Community Safety.
read moreAround 2pm Monday 26 October 2026: Three street drinkers in seating/decking area outside former Flagship Coffee, now My Dubai
Reported to Community Safety.
read moreAround 12 midday, Monday 26 October 2026: Two street drinkers in empty shop entrance of former charity shop ‘Naomi and Jack’s Place’ (might be incorrect title!). Also some debris/litter
Reported to Community Safety.
read moreFrom SCC: Environmental Enforcement (eg for reporting littering, fly-tipping, graffiti-related offences, etc)
https://www.southampton.gov.uk/environment/street-cleaning/environmental-enforcement-in-southampton/?utm_source=e-shot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=City+News+23+October+2026 What the teams deal with The council’s Environmental...
read moreCrates, bedding and other discarded ‘street’ items in front of the former Flagship Coffee, Portswood
Observed today, Thursday 22 October 2026 at approximately 12 midday. The former Flagship Coffee is currently an empty shop which is situated next door to My Dubai which is an active shop. Reported to Community Safety and M.S.
read moreNight of 21/22 October 2026: Criminal damage and theft incident at local business, 119 Portswood Road, Portswood
Their large commercial cycling bin, kept away on their private property, was tipped over and all contents poured into Waitrose car park. Retrieved but the damage remains. Reported to the police. Crime no 44260518363.
read moreAround 4pm, Tuesday 19 October 2026 – incident at Waitrose involving two young men. Police in attendance
Currently no further details.
read moreFurther response from local Portswood police on use of Dispersal Order in Portswood and the PSPO (received 19/10/26)
(In the text below, PSPO is the Public Spaces Protection Order which controls street drinking, aggressive begging and drug taking in Portswood Broadway) In addition to asking about longer term solutions to using a Disposal Order (which can only be...
read moreStreet drinking in Portswood Broadway: outside My Dubai, next to Waitrose car park and outside the former Portswood Shopping Centre
September and October 2026 – 3 reports. All reported to the police.
read moreQuestion about the Dispersal Order raised in the HRA Crime Information Sharing WhatsApp Group. Response received from local Portswood police 17/10/26
A question was raised in the WhatsApp Group about whether there were any longer term solutions to using Dispersal Orders which only last up to 48 hours. Below is what I have received as a response from the local police. My question was not fully...
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