You can report the following noise complaints to the City Council:
- Noisy neighbours (loud music, parties, alarms, DIY at unreasonable hours)
- Anti-social neighbours (shouting, arguing, door slamming)
- Noise from commercial premises (entertainment, ventilation systems, alarms).
- Noise from industrial premises (factories, construction sites, demolition, alarms)
- Noise in the street (car alarms or loud stereos, ice cream vans, busking and street entertainment)
- Animals (barking dogs or other noisy animals)
- College Balls
1) Report it online at any time or ring the main City Council number on 01865 249811 if it is office hours. The night-time noise nuisance team works at the following hours and will pick up reported complaints:
2) If the complaint is related to Oxford Brookes University, please ring the Community Engagement Office and leave a message on 01865 484451 with details regarding the incident or send an email to community@brookes.ac.uk; the office will respond in the morning (or Monday if called/emailed during the weekend) If an incident occurs during daytime on weekdays, they can contact us directly (using the same details as above).
3) Contact the PCSO’s (Police Community Support Officers) calling 101 unless lives are at risk, in which case ring 999.