Awful neighbours, crying children. When and who to report to?

[RoryGillmoresEvilTwin]

Hi, I'm after some advice. My neighbours sound pretty awful. I don't actually know them but I hear them a lot. They have 2 young children, about 2-3 and a baby. By the sounds, and smell of it they also smoke a lot of weed.
I think I need to tell someone about them and what I hear but I don't know who to contact.

The parents argue a lot, lots of shouting/swearing/things being banged, etc but recently I've been hearing the dad focusing his anger on the older of the 2 children.
This morning I heard him really roaring at the little boy then a loud thumping sound and then the boy crying hysterically. I honestly felt sick listening to this so I need to tell someone.
I'm hoping that I'm over reacting but I don't think I am. Even my 8 yo, who doesn't hear much because he's not on a joining wall, commented on the "poor little boy next door".
I should add, I need to do this anonymously. I have no doubt in my mind him and his mates would happily pay me a visit if they knew it was me who said something, and I also need to think about my child.

So, who do I call? I plan on doing it today.

I would phone NSPCC. Please do it today, well done.

Yes, the nspcc is a good place to go.

Ok thank you.

Nspcc and report anonymously.

But to be sure that something will happen you should make a call to the police emergency line next time you here the shouting/banging and a child crying. That sounds like domestic violence towards a child and thay is one thing which 999 is for. They work known its you; it could be anyone in the surrounding houses.

Police for a welfare check.
And if you ever hear him being violent again (even if you have slight doubt) 999. Every single time.
Don't be afraid, he's a coward I guarantee it.

Second the nspcc but also the police, you can give a statement at the station? They won’t know it’s you

*they wont know

I called the police and SS when I had neighbours like this. And I did it several times.

The woman, toddler and baby were all being abused by a weed smoking arsehole. Once she was screaming about them having no formula to feed the baby because he’d taken all the money from her purse. As soon as he went out I nipped round with a tub for her.

At first the woman was furious with me; but the sixth time I called the police he was arrested and not let out. She got a DV worker. He did prison time.

Over the course of the next year me and her became friends, and 10 years on were still in touch via social media as she moved away back to her home town to get away from him.

Ring the police. Each and every time, ss won't do fuck all but the police catching them in the act may have a better effect.

I'm now calling. After the thump and the little boy screaming I heard his mum shouting that he was so fucking naughty all the time, all while the dad continued shouting at him. It's just awful

Well done for ringing. Do you have anything you can record the arguments on?

Thank God for people like you! A troubling situation for you but so vital for the little boy.

I’m now calling. After the thump and the little boy screaming I heard his mum shouting that he was so fucking naughty all the time, all while the dad continued shouting at him. It's just awful

That sounds really horrendous. Well done for calling police. I hope the poor little lad is okay.

Well done, hope this wee boy is helped.

Definitely report, this is abuse

I tried to call nspcc but ended up on hold so I hung up and called the local non emergency station number.
I felt like such a nosey neighbour! And said as much to the person I spoke to but he said that I was absolutely doing the right thing. He also said to call 999 next time.

I feel better knowing that the police now know theres a possible problem.

I will also keep reporting every time from now on.

Well done @RoryGillemoresEvilTwin. You’ve done the right thing and you must be relieved to have heard that directly from the police.

If ands when you call the police ask for an incident number - every time. It stops it being brushed under the carpet. Call social services and advise them of the incident number when you call them.

As regards "nosey neighbour", "dont be a grass" culture - there are one hell of a lot of kids and women who would be alive today if this "honour amongst thieves" tribalism and crap had been ignored.

This sounds awful, but your doing the right thing in reporting it, you might be the only one looking out for those poor kids 😔

you've done the right thing one of my ex neighbours had an idea that he wasn't a good man and one night I actually heard him shouting at his wife and thumping (probably where he was throwing her across the room) and they had two young children I did no more and phoned the police they came about ten minutes later, and carted him off, the next day she said thank you and after that he never came back to the house and they divorced, she wouldn't have rung the police herself but me doing it gave her the courage to split with him

Well done for calling the police.

You definitely did right.

I called the police on a very close friend's dh. Years ago now but it gave her the strength to leave after the support she got.