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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1. Forth
223 noise complaints were made in the Forth ward, which includes areas like Pilton, Granton and Trinity. Photo: Google
2. Liberton/Gilmerton
190 complaints were received in this ward in the south-east of the city. Photo: Google
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
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