Busking, car alarms and loud motorbikes also feature in the list of reasons why residents have been annoyed across the city – but these types of complaints are rare.
Here, we give you a breakdown by council ward of where most noise complaints have been reported, between April 2017 and July this year.
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![223 noise complaints were made in the Forth ward, which includes areas like Pilton, Granton and Trinity.](https://www.chad.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE1ZmY5ZTZjLWY2MDQtNDM0Ny04ZDIwLWY3NjhmZTI1NjgwODo1MTE1ODcxOS1iMTQ0LTRhODUtYTlkZS01OWY0ZmI3NDM3YTU=.png?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Forth
223 noise complaints were made in the Forth ward, which includes areas like Pilton, Granton and Trinity. Photo: Google
![190 complaints were received in this ward in the south-east of the city.](https://www.chad.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU0ZWFkMDRjLWE0OGYtNDYyNy04NzY5LTY4ZWQwYzFjNzhhYTpiMmNmNTk3ZS0yZDRlLTRlYjgtOGRkZS1kYWI0MWQwY2JjZGE=.png?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Liberton/Gilmerton
190 complaints were received in this ward in the south-east of the city. Photo: Google
![The densely populated Leith Walk area had 186 complaints - but it had the most during lockdown with 46 from April-July. Pic: Serge Cornu/Shutterstock](https://www.chad.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjdkYTViNmZlLTk1MTYtNGFlNC1iYmE0LWE0ZDJkY2E5ZGUxMDo2NDkwMTBjNC05MjQ3LTQyZmMtOGU2NC1iYWVmNmRiNzU1ZGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Leith Walk
The densely populated Leith Walk area had 186 complaints - but it had the most during lockdown with 46 from April-July. Pic: Serge Cornu/Shutterstock Photo: Serge Cornu/Shutterstock
![183 complaints recorded in three years.](https://www.chad.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNjMGRkZWFkLWVhZGItNDFkMC1iN2FhLTZiMDMzYjRiNTQxOTozMTYwM2I2OS03MGYwLTRiYmMtYjFkZC0xZjJhZmU5ZDc5OGU=.png?crop=3:2&width=640)