Southampton residents will have the chance to meet with local police and council officials at a series of upcoming community gatherings designed to address local safety concerns. Southampton City Council has released the 2026 schedule for these Police and Communities Together meetings, which allow people to set local policing priorities and discuss neighbourhood issues.
The first of 13 scheduled meetings for the remainder of the year will take place on 8 May 2026, from 6:30pm to 8pm at St. Michael and All Angels Church on Bassett Avenue. Subsequent meetings are set to be held at various venues across the city, including James Street Church, The Wickets Care Home, Challis Court, Highfield Church, the YMCA Newtown Youth Centre, the Ironside Lounge, and the Roundabout café.
These sessions provide a formal space for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and the council to collaborate with the public on practical solutions for community wellbeing. Neighbourhood policing teams attend these events to provide updates on their ongoing work and to listen to feedback from residents.
Public interest in these meetings has grown recently, following ongoing protests at the Highfield House Hotel that began in summer 2025. A previous meeting in Portswood earlier this year saw higher than normal attendance as residents gathered to discuss the situation. Superintendent Alex Charge, the District Commander for Southampton, oversees both the protest policing operations and the facilitation of these community meetings.
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