Update to Section 5 of the HRA Crime Information Sharing WhatsApp Group Terms of Use
Please note that Section 5 ‘ Privacy and Data Protection’ of the Terms of Use for the HRA Crime Information Sharing WhatsApp Group has been updated. The updates are in the last two paragraphs of Section 5 shown in italics below,...
read moreSmall encampment with street furniture in the area of the former Flagship Coffee, plus cushions/seats left nearby
Reported to Community Safety on Friday 20 March 2026.
read moreHomeless ‘camp’ outside what was Atlantic Cleaners – can be loud and intimidating
Reported to 3 Portswood Ward Councillors. Response from Cllr S that the developers/owners will be approached to deal with it. Later received a response from Cllr F that she had contacted the Rough Sleepers unit.
read moreSmall encampment outside previous Farm Foods shop, Portswood Shopping Centre
The small encampment outside the previous Farm Foods shop in the Portswood Shopping Centre has ‘furniture’ (crate or pallet plus one of the new brown bins). Community Safety were asked to remove this on Friday 13/3/26.
read moreDog appeared to have been left in a car for a long time. Car now parked in Church Lane
The message below was sent to HRA from a member via Facebook Messenger on 12/3/26. The Group were asked if anyone had been aware of this and, if so, had it been resolved. A response from received from a member that they had been made aware of it...
read moreWe have received information that there will be no PACT meetings between 25 March and 7 May due to local elections
There do not currently appear to be any PACT meetings scheduled for Highfield/Portswood. The one for St Denys at Bellamy Court, Pettinger Gardens, is scheduled for Monday 20 April (6.30-8pm), so we presume that this will be cancelled.
read moreTwo men trying car doors (roadside and driveways) in Welbeck Avenue at approx 10 pm, 27/02/26
Took place on Friday 27 February 2026. They managed to get into someone’s van. The Police called for an area search.
read moreCrowd of men near former Flagship Coffee, Portswood High Street – loud music, shouts, arm waving etc
Reported online 24/2/26. Could also report directly to Portswood Police Station, open Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm and not at weekends. The phone outside is connected to 101.
read moreNumerous incidents noticed in Portswood on 22/2/26 – all reported
Walking through Portswood this afternoon (22/2/26): There was a group of street drinkers gathered in a shop doorway with a large speaker playing music at high volume. They were also using a microphone to shout comments at people passing by,...
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