Gripes over noisy neighbours rose by more than a quarter during the coronavirus pandemic, when multiple lockdowns forced people to follow stay-at-home orders. Between April 2020 and March 2021, 368,924 noise complaints were made - a 28% rise from the previous year, with 86% of the councils reporting increases. Dudley, in the West Midlands, recorded 26,000 noise complaints - the highest of any local authority. Only 11% who said they had been affected by noisy neighbours said they had reported it to their local council. 'Councils are doing what they can to respond to noise complaints in communities, and to tackle persistent behaviour that makes peoples' lives a misery.

Source: Daily Mail September 01, 2021 23:03 UTC