inner avenue Archives - Satvir Kaur MP

Satvir Kaur MP has met with Donna Jones, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner, to discuss residents’ concerns about drug-related crime and antisocial behaviour in Inner Avenue and the London Road area.

The meeting on Friday followed an invitation from the MP, who has been working with residents, police, Southampton City Council and local organisations to address these issues. A planned walkabout was changed to a sit-down meeting due to the yellow weather warning.

The Southampton Test MP organised a residents’ meeting in July after receiving a petition signed by more than 50 local people calling for urgent action. The meeting brought residents together with neighbourhood police, ward councillors, council officers and the YMCA to discuss concerns and agree next steps.

Following that meeting, the MP wrote to the Commissioner asking her to review local policing resources and help make reporting incidents to the police and council simpler and more joined up.

Over 60 residents from the Inner Avenue area of Southampton joined Satvir Kaur MP for a meeting on Saturday, to address an escalating problem with drug related crime and anti-social behaviour on Southcliff Road and in the surrounding area. The meeting was organised in response to a petition handed to the MP by over 50 local residents calling for urgent action to tackle the issue.

The meeting brought residents together with a panel of decision makers and community leaders. Chaired by the MP, the panel included Councillor Toqeer Kataria, Bevois Ward Councillor and Cabinet member for Communities and Safety, senior service managers from Southampton City Council, the police, and the Director of Youth Services at the YMCA, along with the local resident who led the community petition. Councillor Jacqui Rayment and Councillor Paul Kenny, also Bevois Ward councillors, were in attendance too.