My neighbour is threatening to report me for “benefit fraud”

Well according to all the gossip on the street, yes, history of mental health illness and they have even gossiped about the mental health of her family too.

Is she mentally ok?

Hitting your windows? You wouldn't be the slightest bit U to report it to the police. Why don't you?

We live on the same street. Not actually, but I have a neighbour who is the exact same as her. She actually had the police do a raid on a neighbour recently due to her malicious allegations. She's truly evil.

She has reported every neighbour to the council for various things (all a load of crap but still stressful to deal with).

If I were you, I'd log everything in an online form for your police. I'd also send any ring doorbell footage you have. It will build up a picture, keep logging more stuff as and when it happens, then see if you can have something done about her. Also see if you can get a solicitors letter to her for harassment or something. You also need to tell her she is not allowed on your property, so if she comes on it again, it is trespass. I did this with my neighbour's husband before he died, as he used to continually be on my driveway, shouting abuse at me. I revoked his right to be there and then told him repeatedly to remove himself as he was trespassing. He knew he couldn't argue, so then had to shout at me (in front of my young children), from the middle of the street. Shame he didn't get run over, but the silver lining was he was dead within 11 months, what a shame. Doubt his old crow of a wife will croak anytime soon unfortunately.

Two sides to this story. The street is known for gossiping what have you said/ done to her in the past to rub her up the wrong way. People don’t just go knocking on doors hurling threats

It's not my mum, is it?

But doesn’t negate fact everyone gossips and clearly it is getting back to her, for her to even know where the OP works fgs!

and the op and neighbours have been gossiping about this woman’s parents mental health!

Surely the gossip is a red herring? The neighbour will have seen that OP isn't going out to work so will presumably have come to her own conclusions about what's going on and would likely still be shouting about 'benefit fraud' even if she hadn't heard anything about OPs op?

I'd just have said "ok, thanks for letting me know". And shut the door.

Everyone gossiping
even to the extent it all gets back to the mentally unwell neighbour?

What makes the cracked cow so sure you’re even claiming any benefits. You could have money saved up for a rainy day for all anyone and his wife knows. What is happening to you is harassment. In future don’t tell anyone anything including your nice neighbors because there’s been a leak some where along the line.

It's interesting, I think the opposite - it sounds a really lovely street to live on (other than the neighbour OP is having issues with).

Yep this is harassment! Call 101 & report her!
she’s a nutcase!
if she’s filming people without their consent then that’s a crime also
good luck

I have had a neighbour like this before. Absolutely nuts and also absolutely trying to rule the street.
It ended up after a police call with police having a word with her about banging on doors, windows and shouting being very aggressive, and likely to take her towards an issue where she damages something or says something which could end up in a charge. That calmed her down for about 6 months....

How old are you Op? Do you live alone?

She's contacted the government..I'd go with MH issues tie it in with banging on your door I wouldn't engage with her but would get it logged with the police.

When you are confiding in all the lovely but gossipy neighbours, have you ever asked them that given it’s a personal matter, to please keep to themselves?

Ignore her yoy aren't doing anything wrong. I'd report her for harassment.

Do you know the difference between 999 and 101?

You should tell your neighbour to join MN, she'd fit right in on here with all the nosy, time-rich, curtain-twitching posters convinced their neighbours are benefits cheats based on little or no evidence!
More seriously though, nice to see another Taylor Swift user name, very timely too!

Record, even if on your mobile. Sound and visual. 999 for harassment. Any protected characteristics? A ring doorbell or cameras would be great if you can afford it. Ideally with saving to a cloud, not just live recording. Get a police incident number. Does bat shit neighbour own or rent? If rent - report to her landlord.

We’ve got a neighbour like this OP and we’ve really enjoyed taking the wind out of her sails on a recent repair issue we needed to handle with her.

1. I convinced DH to totally grey rock her and she’s moved onto another neighbour.

2. we’ve invested in the 1 way privacy film on the windows she can see into. Your neighbour is clearly trying to intimidate you by filming you, if you don’t allow her to see in without the inconvenience of shutting your blinds or curtains that’s a speedy win in my book

OMG 😱
She cray-cray fo sho😳

But clearly this gossiping is reaching the mentally unstable neighbour