Noise complaints up a quarter during lockdown

Analysis of council figures by Churchill Home Insurance has found that almost 370,000 noise complaints were made between April 2020 and March 2021 - up 28% on the previous year. A third of complainants said loud music, noisy children, slamming doors and other disturbances were affecting their wellbeing, while more than one in ten called the police to try to resolve the problem. Six of the top 10 councils for complaints were London boroughs, including Newham, Islington and Kensington and Chelsea, which had the highest proportion of complaints at 99 per 1,000 inhabitants. 

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