The frustrations of the pandemic lockdown have shown themselves in a county wide surge in the reports of anti-social behaviour by tenants to West Lothian Council.
Bathgate and the Breich Valley topped the list of open cases with, for the last three months of 2020 up by 100% in the Breich Valley ward and almost 7% in Bathgate. In Whitburn the figure was up 20% up on 2019 and in North Livingston 50%.
But the real story behind the surge is the level of complaints about everyday noise which has only become an issue because of the lockdown and confinement to homes for many more people
With hundreds of people furloughed from their regular work many more working from home or having to school children at home tempers have frayed.
The Safer Neighbourhood teams had 221 more open cases for the third quarter of 2020 than for the same period in 2019. Officers also kept cases open for longer .
Alison Smith, Housing Management & Community Safety Manager told a meeting of the Services for the Community PDSP: “ We are…
