A woman trying car doors on night of Monday 9th August at 2.50 am
A young woman was captured on CCTV at 2.50 am trying car doors on drives in the Uplands Way Estate on night of Monday 9th August.
read moreA suspicious incident in Upper Shaftesbury Avenue on Saturday 7/Sunday 8 August 2021
On Saturday evening 7 August, a resident of Upper Shaftesbury Avenue (USA) captured a man carrying what looked like a carrier bag and acting suspiciously in USA on his CCTV. The man was seen on camera a total of 7 times in 50 minutes between 7 Aug...
read moreA heads-up on possible jewellery thieves in our area
One of our WhatsApp Group members has heard that the women who disguise themselves and then persuade elderly women to unhook their valuable jewellery to try something new on, are back but operating in Portswood Road. Note: this happened quite a few...
read moreBurglary Information Booklet: A guide for householders who have experienced a burglary and how we can safeguard ourselves from one
Hampshire Constabulary: Burglary Information Booklet A guide for householders who have experienced a burglary but also how we can safeguard ourselves from one. With the recent spate of house break-ins and attempted house break-ins in an area of...
read moreWays in which you can try and make your house less appealing…
Just a few suggestions, ‘off the top of her head’, from our WhatsApp Group Co-ordinator: -Cctv: although expensive and hard to manage if people are more elderly, perhaps in this case dummy cameras could help; – keep the front and...
read moreHouse break-in, Highfield Lane
Discovered when the neighbours returned from holiday. on 29 July 2021. Police informed.
read moreProblems experienced with the Police 101 service. If this happens to you, here’s how to submit a Police complaint and/or submit your incident report online via the Police portal
There have been reports within the HRA Crime information sharing WhatsApp Group of problems getting through to the Police 101 service. On both occasions, 101 was called but it was a series of being put on hold with the phone eventually going dead....
read moreWaitrose break-in weekend of 24/25 July – overnight
Staff were confronted but fortunately the burglars decided to run off. The incident was reported to the Police.
read moreAnother attempted garage and house break-in, Brookvale Road. Night of 26/27 July
The attempted garage break-in failed. The home owners found a small window in their home had been forced but fortunately there was no break-in.
read moreNights of Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 July – two separate attempted house break-ins in Brookvale Road
Both attempts unsuccessful. With one attempt, the house alarm frightened them off.
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