Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Number of Noise Nuisance Complaints in Housing Estates, Coffeeshops, Hawker Centres and Public Entertainment Venues Over the Past Three Years

Question:

Ms He Ting Ru : To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) for each of the last three years, how many complaints about noise nuisance or disturbance in (i) common areas of housing estates (ii) coffeeshops or hawker centres and (iii) public entertainment venues are lodged with the Singapore Police Force respectively; and (b) of these, how many are about disturbances before 10.30 pm.

Answer:

Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law:

1.   The Police do not track the number of complaints about noise-related nuisance or disturbances. The majority of these cases do not have criminal offences disclosed.