Why do the police not deal with noise complaints in this country?

8 comments

1. Because it’s not a crime

2. The police can go out and tell them to either turn it down or off. Also between the hrs of 11pm and 7am not allowed to have raves lol.

3. It’s a civil offense, not criminal. That’s why. The police can’t arrest you for it because it’s not a criminal act.

4. Conscious decision by government, not sure which one, not to involve the police. Probably linked to the cut in numbers.

5. Some of my favourite music venues have had to compromise on quality, close early, or had a really hard time trying to just stay open, as a direct result of noise complaints. From my perspective, noise complaints work too well in this country.

6. They literally have better things to do

7. In theory the council are supposed to deal with it, just like other forms of low level antisocial behaviour.

   In practice they’re absolutely useless at dealing with antisocial behaviour like noise. Trying to get anything done about antisocial behaviour is a major pain in the arse in this country because police either have their hands tied or don’t have enough resources.

   It would be nice if noise complaints were a police matter, because then the police could just turn up ask them to turn the noise down and issue a fine if they refuse. The whole thing would get sorted in a few minutes.

   Whereas the current system of leaving it up to the council only works for long term loud noise (eg, construction sites operating outside their permitted hours) because of how slow the council are to act. It doesn’t stop antisocial neighbours from playing loud music in the dead of night because it doesn’t deal with incidents of loud noise as they happen, only long after the fact.

8. “Why are there not laws in place dealing with this?”

   Because often the system isn’t always set up to protect or serve the general populace, intentionally or otherwise.