Southampton Safer Streets investment

Earlier this year, the Police and Crime Commissioner was able to secure £550,000 from the Home Office’s Safer Streets Fund – a fund designed to enable PCCs to work with their partners to invest in proven interventions to prevent crime in the areas that are worst affected by acquisitive crime. 

The £550,000 are being invested in the area of Bargate Ward in Southampton. Work has been underway in the last four weeks to develop the detailed proposal, which includes four key locations:

• Vincents Walk
• Kingsland Estate (including Kingsway subway, Cassocks Green, Broad Green, and Palmerston Road)
• Hoglands Park
• St Mary Street (including Winton Street)

Proposed measures in these locations include:

• Improved fencing and gating in residential areas
• Improved street lighting
• Increased CCTV monitoring
• General environmental improvements and maintenance to reduce secluded hiding spots and open up areas for community use.

All work is being undertaken in partnership with Southampton City Council, the Safe City Partnership, GO!Southampton and other key community partners following statutory guidance and processes.  The project is due to be completed by 31 March 2021.

Tell us what you think

We are focused on helping communities develop into thriving neighbourhoods that reflect Southampton as a vibrant and diverse city. As part of this project, we would like to hear your views on how safe you feel in your neighbourhoods, and the local areas by completing this survey:

Safer Streets Survey

Key documents

S38 Application Hoglands Park building works

As part of the work proposed to be undertaken in Hoglands Park, an application for consent to carry out works on common land (Commons Act 2006: Section 38) was submitted on 16 October 2020.

You can view the application and all associated documents here:

• SSF S38 application form
• SSF Annex A – S38 Notification
• SSF Appendix 1 Letter
• SSF Appendix 2a – Pavilion – Proposed Site Plan
• SSF Appendix 2b – Pavilion – Proposed Plan
• SSF Appendix 3a – Pavilion – Proposed Hoarding Plan
• SSF Appendix 3b – Pavilion – Tracker Matt
• SSF Appendix 4 – Existing Works and Adjacent Common Land
• SSF Register Map of Common Land Central Parks

S38 Application Hoglands Park CCTV

An extension on the above to include CCTV columns was submitted on 7 December 2020.

• SSF S38 application form
• SSF Annex A – S38 Notification
• Appendix 1 Letter 
• Appendix 2a – Hoglands Park CCTV
• Appendix 2b – Houndwell Park CCTV
• Appendix 2c – Southampton CCTV Plan
• Appendix 3 – Existing Works and Adjacent Common Land
• Register Map of Common Land Central Parks