A very disturbing incident – on the corner of Portswood Broadway and Westridge Road
Around 3.45pm on Thursday 20 March 2025, there was a disturbing incident on the corner of Portswood Broadway and Westridge Road. A bare chested man was shouting at people, he was walking out into the road then throwing bricks into the road and...
read morePossible ‘zoned out’ drug users sitting on outside chairs belonging to Cha Sha, Portswood Broadway
Around 2pm on Thursday 20 March 2025, there was a group of what possibly could be ‘clearly zoned out’ drug users sitting on chairs belonging to Cha Sha.
read moreAnti-social Dispersal Order
Suggestion from LN: Portswood would benefit from a Dispersal Order. It comes under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act. Police Officers can direct people to leave an area and not return for usually 48 hours. Refusal is grounds for arrest etc. This...
read moreJust a reminder – the next quarterly Portswood Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting in our area is at the Highfield Church Centre, next Monday 24 March, 6.30-8pm, if you have any concerns or issues you wish to raise
Some members of the HRA Crime information sharing WhatsApp Group will be attending! In Hampshire Alert 17/3/25, the Portswood Neighbourhood Policing Team say: “These meetings serve as a vital platform for residents like you to engage directly...
read moreTwo youths with faces covered doing something shifty on top of a bin – Nile Road
They shuffled off when person went up to them and said ‘Afternoon Lads’. Reporting to Police encouraged.
read moreA blue BMW car was badly damaged by 6 youths – parked in Abbotts Way
Car vandalised, windscreen smashed. Police were called and witnesses spoke to a police call handler. Took place at 8.50pm on Wednesday 19 March 2025.
read moreNoticed more street people/vagrancy around in Portswood – particularly outside the Victory Gospel Church and the old Iceland shop areas
Reported to a PC in Portswood circa 20/3/2025. Mentioned vagrancy in old Iceland shop area and also in Victory Gospel Church (plus spill over onto charity shop) and other anti-social things the person reporting had seen in Portswood.
read moreStreet drinkers – in doorway of the old Iceland store, Portswood Broadway, in violation of the Public Spaces Protection Order in Portswood
Spotted on 19/3/25. Same group sitting and openly drinking. Will report to the police.
read moreNoticeable increase in street sleepers and drinkers in Portswood Broadway
Email sent on Sunday 16 March 2025 at 6.25pm Hello Community Safety, PC Adam O’Neil and PCSO Hayley Morrison, I hope you are all well? I am writing with regard to a noticeable increase in street sleepers and drinkers in Portswood Broadway....
read moreArticle from Daily Echo, 14/3/25: Arrest of three men from Sirdar Road, Portswood
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25010381.police-confirm-three-arrests-man-shot-southampton/ A later article reported that the men were later released on bail.
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