Smashed glass / possibly bottles all over Omdurman Road
Overnight, night of Monday 19 May 2025. Very difficult for cars, bikes and pedestrians. Advised to report issue to City Council for street cleaning:...
read moreSouthampton Police on Facebook (15/05/25): Portswood NPT on Portswood High Street to engage with local businesses
This week, officers from Portswood’s Neighbourhood Policing Team were out on Portswood High Street alongside Mikey Johnson, Lead Business Crime Liaison Officer from UK Partners Against Crime (UKPAC). Together, they engaged with local businesses to...
read moreMan acting aggressively – Portswood Broadway
Reported to WA Group on Thursday 15 May 2025. Incident took place recently: An aggressive man was seen in Portswood (talking to himself aggressively) he then went up to two dogs and ‘barked’ at them, resulting in the dogs then barking aggressively...
read moreTwo men in middle of road – Portswood High Street
A HRA member has reported to me that around lunchtime yesterday (Wed 14 May), two men were stood in the middle of Portswood High Street, in the road, shouting abuse at each other and stopping the traffic. I had witnessed one man walking through the...
read moreThreatened staff in the Portswood kebab shop – large police presence on the Broadway
Reported at 17:44 on Wednesday 14 May that street attached/street drinkers threatened staff in the kebab shop and there is currently a large police presence on the Broadway. There is also a person sleeping by the car park surrounded by cans of...
read moreSeveral police cars and an ambulance attending street attached people – camping in the former Blockbusters’ building forecourt
Reported to Group 17:20 on Wednesday 14 May: One police officer walking away with a golf club!
read moreSuspicious activity – forecourt of former Blockbusters’ building plus update on Public Spaces Protection Order and Police use of Community Protection Warnings
Reported to Community Safety and the Police on Wednesday 14 May 2025: On Monday 12 May 2025 at around 10/10.30am, there were about 10 street attached/street drinkers (some with open cans/bottles) gathered in the forecourt of the former...
read moreCar ended up driving into the Avenue Campus ‘green area’
On Tuesday 13 May, a HRA member reported that on Sunday night – 11 May 2025, a car drove into Highfield Road and ended up driving into the University of Southampton Avenue Campus ‘green area’. The police were called.
read moreBurglary of house – Welbeck Avenue/Upper Shaftesbury Avenue
The burglary took place during the early hours of Saturday 10 May 2025, between 3 am to 7am. Laptop stolen and strimmer from car (unlocked). I reminder to lock all windows and doors and cars.
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