Data reveals the three worst-affected streets in Glasgow
ShareData obtained by the Glasgow Times under Freedom of Information laws has revealed that Dumbarton Road, Paisley Road West and Allison Street were the city’s three most pest-plagued places, receiving the highest number of individual visits from exterminators.
Local authority-run bug-busters were also called to deal with 873 reports of cockroaches as well as 1,337 instances of fleas, bed bugs and ticks, 768 wasp infestations and 87 squirrel invasions from 2017 until last December. Paisley Road West was the most visited place in 2020 with 86 and for the last two years it was Dumbarton Road with 234 call outs during 2021 and 2022.Complaints peaked in 2019, with 11,321 made throughout the year - the majority of which related to rats and mice.
We visited Dumbarton Road and spoke to one local, who has asked to remain anonymous, about the issue.
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