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Jesmond is a NSW suburb in Newcastle LGA, matched to postcode 2299 — also covering Glen Inneslambton, Lambton, North Lambton. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $450 in 2025, up 12.5% from $400 in 2024. That is about 35% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Jesmond recorded 784 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 8.6% from 722 a year earlier. These are police-recorded incidents, not convictions, and they are not adjusted for how many people live or visit here. House bonds typically leased at $650 a week and flats/units at $480. Townhouse bonds sat at $650 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $558; three-bedroom bonds $700. One-bedroom bonds sat at $250 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $750 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $235 and $650 a week. Fair Trading recorded 895 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $335 to $450 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 409 and violent-related offences 177. Theft made up the largest published share (357 incidents, 46%). Next was Assault (86). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2299
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