Independent research project

Malta Noise Log

Anonymous reports of everyday noise: what it was, where, and when. Nothing here is measured. The point is to see where complaints cluster and whether they fall outside permitted hours.

Report a noise

Takes about 30 seconds. No name or contact details needed. No app to install: to find it quickly, add this page to your phone’s home screen.

What kind of noise

Leave “Ended at” empty if it’s still going on or you don’t know. A time earlier than the start means it ended after midnight.

How disturbing
Barely noticedUnbearable
Pick a noise type and time to check it against the permitted hours.

The form stores the locality, noise type, date, time, rating and your note. Your location is only used in your browser to pick the nearest locality and is never sent. Notes are checked before they are shown.

Fig. 1

Where reports cluster

Circle size is the number of reports per locality. Colour shows the share outside permitted hours.

Under 25% outside hours25–50%Over 50%

Fig. 2

By noise type

Orange is the part reported outside that type’s permitted hours.

Fig. 3

When it starts

Reports by weekday and start hour, with the day, evening and night periods used in environmental noise assessment.

Night 23–07
Day 07–19
Evening 19–23

Latest reports

Permitted hours used for the check

A report is flagged “outside hours” when its start time falls outside these windows. Public holidays count as Sundays. Permits and exemptions for individual sites are not known here, so the flag means “likely”, not “illegal”.

Noise typeMon–FriSaturdaySun & holidaysSource

What else can I do?

This site does not pass your report to anyone. To make an official complaint, contact the authority responsible:

About this project

What it is

A way to collect everyday noise complaints in one place, because official complaint data is hard to get and slow to arrive. Reports describe what people heard and when. Nothing here is a measurement.

How to read it

More reports in a locality can mean more noise, but also more residents, more people who know about this page, or less tolerance. Treat the map as a guide to where to look and where to measure, not as a noise map.

Privacy

No names, accounts or contact details are asked for. Locations are kept at locality level. Please keep names and street addresses out of the details box.

Suggestions and feedback

This is a first version. Ideas, missing localities, a noise type that should be on the list, or anything that didn’t work: all welcome.