Noise Complaints in Nightlife Districts
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54% of nightlife noise complaints arrive between 10pm and 6am
A time-and-place view of noise complaints in districts led by hotels, bars and restaurants.
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Key findings
- More than half of complaints arrive between 10pm and 6am.
- 11pm is the busiest hour, accounting for about 13% of complaints.
- General noise makes up about half of complaints; residential noise accounts for about one in four.
About this dataset
Each entry is a reported noise complaint in a nightlife district, with its type, time and location. Together, they show when complaints cluster, which kinds dominate and where people call.
Use it for
- City planners: Compare complaint patterns by hour and location.
- Nightlife teams: Identify when and where noise complaints tend to peak.
- Researchers: Study how reported noise varies by type, weekday and city.
- Community groups: Track the timing and location of reported noise in their area.
Questions to explore
- How do complaint patterns change between weekdays and weekends?
- Which kinds of noise are most often reported overnight?
- How do complaint patterns differ across cities?
Columns
id- A sequential identifier assigned to the entry; unitless.
noise_type- The reported category of noise; a type label.
reported_at- The date and time the complaint was reported, as published; timezone may be included.
weekday- The day of the week the complaint was reported.
hour_of_day- The reported hour, from 0 to 23, in local time as published by the source.
status- The complaint status as published by the source.
city- The city or area matched to the location.
latitude- North-south coordinate in WGS84 decimal degrees.
longitude- East-west coordinate in WGS84 decimal degrees.
source- The public service-request dataset the complaint came from.
Sources
- EDK-1 · EDK
- EDK's spatial model: matches every record to its place and joins the context around it.
- NYC 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present · New York
- New York City service-request records from 2020 onward (See source)
- 311 Service Requests 2010 to 2019 · New York City
- New York City service-request records from 2010 to 2019 (See source)
- 311 Cases · San Francisco, CA
- 311 service-request records (See source)
- Austin 311 Public Data · Austin, TX
- Austin 311 service-request records (See source)
- Dallas 311 · Dallas
- Dallas 311 service-request records (See source)
- New Orleans 311 · New Orleans
- New Orleans 311 service-request records (See source)
- Pittsburgh 311 · Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh 311 service-request records (See source)
- Kansas City 311 · Kansas City
- Kansas City 311 service-request records (See source)
- Customer Service Requests · Seattle, WA
- Public customer service request records (See source)
- 311 Service Requests May 2024 - Present · Buffalo, NY
- 311 service-request records from May 2024 onward (See source)
- Commonwealth Connect Service Requests · Cambridge, MA
- Commonwealth Connect service-request records (See source)
- 311 Service Requests · Chicago, IL
- 311 service-request records (See source)
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Good to know
- Complaints measure what people report, not sound levels measured in the street.
- Most entries come from the New York City area, so city comparisons are uneven.