Residents say they are being driven to breaking point by students having sex in public on their Hampshire housing estate.

They say they have had enough of partying youngsters drinking, vomiting, urinating and even having sex near their homes.

But a meeting has been told that unless they log their complaints with police then there is very little that can be done to crackdown on the rowdy students.

The problems were aired at fed up residents came face to face with students last night.

At the meeting, organised by Winchester University students union, a leading campaigner called on the university to boot out students who cause trouble in the community.

As the Daily Echo reported last month, campaigning residents fear the estate is at "breaking point" as tensions rise over late-night parties, anti-social behaviour and landlords converting family homes into student digs.

One resident, who asked not to be named, told last night’s meeting that students verbally abuse locals, vomit on cars and have sex on her street into the early hours of the morning.

"It's not funny," she said. "They're coming out of here drunk along Erskine Road, laughing, joking, screaming, having sex occasionally - always a joy to see.

"We laughed at it - we probably shouldn't have. If my children had seen it it might have been a bit different."

Student Union president Naomi Carter held the meeting for locals to discuss the steps being taken to tackle the disruption.

This month the union launched van patrols around Stanmore on popular club nights as a series of measures to clamp down on noisy students.

Union officials and city councillors urged residents to report every incident to police as the council, university and local force can't tackle the problem without hard figures.

Police received just two 101 calls relating to student anti-social behaviour in Stanmore between September and November, which residents say does not reflect the reality.

Union manager Andrew Hodgson said officials could only control problems related to their own events, and many issues come from students walking to clubs and bars in the city centre late at night.

After the meeting,campaigner Amanda Chard said the discussion was "really positive" but more residents needed to engage with authorities and the university should offer "much more severe" punishments to anti-social students.

"They should be thrown off their course, she said. "I don't think that's unreasonable. They [the Student Union] are doing their best."

Her petition with more than 300 signatures demands city councillors bring forward a proposed rule forcing landlords to get planning permission before converting houses into HMOs which are popular with Winchester University students.

It will be presented to a full council meeting on January 7.