Noise facts and figures

We investigate hundreds of noise complaints every year.

Here is a breakdown of the type of complaint (by different sources of noise) and the number of complaints we received each month.

We update these details annually.

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Noise type	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Alarm - burglar	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Alarm - vehicle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Barking dog	8	6	6	9	18	12	8	17	20	7	10	9
Building/demolition site	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Car repairs	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0
DIY	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Fireworks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
General/anti-social behaviour	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loudspeaker or public address system in the street	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1
Low frequency	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Machinery (fixed) for example, fans, boiler.	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1
Machinery (mobile)	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0
Multiple issues	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Music	5	10	9	17	13	14	7	11	18	8	2	2
Noise from a fan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noise from other animals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Noise from people	9	6	3	2	4	5	4	7	3	6	3	7
One off noise (such as from a party or event)	0	0	1	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0
Other	2	2	1	5	2	5	7	8	3	3	4	2
Other animals and birds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Party	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plant/Machinery (mobile) for example, construction site	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public address systems	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TV/radio	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
Unidentified/other	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vehicle repairs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vehicles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Total	31	29	24	49	47	47	35	55	57	32	26	25

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Waste type	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Alarm - burglar	2	2	2	1	3	0	2	2	2	0	1	1
Alarm - vehicle	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Barking dog	9	5	11	13	15	5	23	12	6	5	5	4
Building / demolition site	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Car repairs	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	0	1	0
DIY	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fireworks	2	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
General / anti-social behaviour	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Loudspeaker or public access system in the street	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Low frequency	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Machinery (fixed) for example fans, boiler	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0
Machinery (mobile)	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	1	0
Multiple issues	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Music	8	6	9	6	9	8	14	10	6	7	1	2
Noise from a fan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noise from other animals	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noise from people	13	9	9	5	2	10	6	13	13	8	5	9
One off noise (such as from a party or event)	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	4	0	0	0	0
Other	1	7	6	5	3	3	6	4	3	2	2	3
Other animals and birds	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Party	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Plant/Machinery (mobile) for example construction site	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Public access systems	1	4	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	5	2
TV / radio	1	1	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
Unidentified / other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Vehicle repairs	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vehicles	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
Total	42	36	44	40	52	41	66	58	41	25	25	24

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Waste type	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Alarm - burglar	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	0
Alarm - vehicle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Barking dog	3	3	12	13	8	8	20	11	11	13	5	5
Building / demolition site	0	1	0	1	1	6	4	0	2	1	0	0
Car repairs	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	1	2	1	1	1
DIY	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
Fireworks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
General / anti-social behaviour	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loudspeaker or public access system in the street	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1
Low frequency	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Machinery (fixed) for example fans, boiler	0	2	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Machinery (mobile)	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Multiple issues	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Music	12	6	11	9	5	13	16	6	13	12	5	9
Noise from a fan	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
Noise from other animals	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0
Noise from people	2	3	9	6	2	4	7	4	10	2	5	4
One off noise (such as from a party or event)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
Other	2	0	8	1	4	8	4	6	5	5	1	6
Other animals and birds	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
Party	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Plant / Machinery (mobile) for example construction site	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public access systems	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TV / radio	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0
Unidentified / other	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Vehicle repairs	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Vehicles	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0
Total	28	24	46	44	28	62	63	43	54	39	24	27

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Last updated on 09/01/2024