Discarded double bed mattress, cardboard boxes, litter and debris in driveway of No 7 Brookvale Road (for at least 2 weeks)
Reported to the HMO Enforcement Team and also to Waste Services at Southampton City Council. Photos submitted on the above by one member of the WA Group who also reported the issue.
read moreMorning 14/9/26: 5 Street Drinkers in former Flagship Coffee bike/decking area (near BHF shop)
Reported to Community Safety
read moreArticle in the Daily Echo, 13/9/26 about Boots in Portswood: “Southampton Boots targeted three times in ten days”
Read the article from the Daily Echo, Sunday 13 September 2026 in full here or below: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26546153.southampton-boots-targeted-three-times-ten-days/ “Over £1,000 of products were stolen...
read moreOn Monday 7th September, work started at the former Portswood Shopping Centre to build out the hoarding to the overhang above. Work is expected to take 7 days and is being undertaken by the owners of the former PSC
Thanks to K.D. and to one other HRA Member for the photos
read moreFusion will be putting up the hoarding to infill the sheltered areas on the former Portswood Shopping Centre from Monday 7 September
HRA has been advised that Fusion will be putting up the hoarding to infill the sheltered areas on the former Portswood Shopping Centre from Monday 7 September. These areas have previously been used for encampments. We are told that it should take...
read more2/9/26: Serious assault Addis Square area; Police cordon outside the flats on Brookvale Road opposite Waitrose car park (see more in Daily Echo article 2/9/26)
See more below from the Daily Echo, 2/9/26: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26517212.police-cordon-off-flats-southampton—updates/ Further details, 4 September 2026 in The Echo:...
read morePolice Alert from Outer Avenue Residents’ Association
Police Alert sent to OARA (Outer Avenue Residents’ Association – one of our sister Residents’ Association) – from their local police contact: “We have a report from a person who describes being approached by an unknown...
read moreProtest at Highfield House Hotel, 1800hrs Friday 28 August 2026: Message from Inspector Yozanne Richards, Southampton North Neighbourhood Policing Team
“Good morning, I hope you are all well. I wanted to make you aware that there is a planned protest tomorrow from 1800 hours outside the Highfield House Hotel. Intelligence suggests that a counter-protest may also be present. Although...
read moreDrug taking / possible drug trafficking on the wall outside Waitrose – am, Monday 17 August 2026
Three men involved. One of them looked completely drugged up and barely moving, one of the others (the only one standing up) looked as though he might be selling drugs to the other two but this is not certain.
read moreMain points in the response received from the local Portswood police about the location of the Beat Surgery in Portswood Broadway at 11am on Monday 17 August 2026
“I appreciate the comments regarding the visibility and accessibility of the location. Whilst community engagement is one of the primary aims of these surgeries, the choice of location was also somewhat strategic. The area around the church...
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