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New information reveals Jesmond’s anti-social behaviour is decreasing yet there remains large amounts of complaints and fines. By Grace Bamforth Anti-social behaviour in Jesmond: Students collaborating in the street. Image by: Grace Bamforth Noise complaints are decreasing in North Jesmond significantly more than South Jesmond, according to new data. A Freedom of Information Act request revealed that between September and October 2022 there was a 39% decrease in noise complaints in North Jesmond, compared with 2023, with only a 12% decrease in South Jesmond. The data supplied by Public Safety and Regulation at Newcastle City Council showed there was a total of 461 complaints for the last academic year in Jesmond, or around 12 complaints per we...

Newcastle University student Grace Boyle was forced to move out due to unfit private housing conditions since moving in. By Grace Bamforth Damp and mould: Uninhabitable living conditions in Jesmond. Images supplied by: Grace Boyle (Granted permission to use) A second-year student was forced to move out of private rented housing in Jesmond due to uninhabitable living conditions putting her in hospital. On October 26 Grace Boyle was given a day’s notice to move into an Airbnb out of Jesmond after submitting more than 80 maintenance requests for her HMO house of six in West Jesmond. The Journalism, Media, and Cultural Student claimed she developed a form of pneumonia due to housing conditions. Boyle said: “It’s having a lot of long-term effects. My men...