Reported neighbour now potential backlash, was Ibu?

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For context the house next door to me in a back to back, the one at the back is a housing association house who currently has a male tenant, he comes and goes. Last summer he was smoking weed in the garden whilst my children were playing and I asked if he could put it out which created some animosity.
He's currently having a party with 4 other people, loud music etc.
I reported it via the 101 website.
Police have been out and asked them to turn music down, they all said they lived there and the police left.
I could hear him once the police left something about 'stupid cunts next door' and 'I'll pop windows'.
I'm scared now! Wish I hadn't done it.
Wibu?

Unreasonable? No. But you might live to regret it nonetheless. Hopefully he's all talk.

You weren’t being unreasonable and he was possibly drunk so all talk (hopefully). Call the police if he threatens you .

If there is even the slightest retaliation from him phone 101 straight away and report it. It’s the beginning of harassment.

Would you have reported him if it wasn't a HA house?

Why is it relevant that he lives in social housing?

Sorry that's happened OP. Definitely call the police if you're being threatened. Do you know how he knows it was you who complained? The police shouldn't have told him who made the report.

Reporting a serious crime like burglary, assault etc is your civic duty. But there is a difference between reporting a crime and snitching on a neighbour. I hate snitches and grassers. There are parts of the country where you get a brick through your window for being suspected of being a grass. And thats if you are lucky.

YANBU but unfortunately he's likely to become more unpleasant. How horrible for you.

What did you report him for?

I wouldn't have reported that personally unless bty"loud music" you mean, like, a sound system....

I think that people who refer to snitches and grassers are morons and part of the problem in areas where criminality has fucked over civic duty. You are not unreasonable to report someone who gets arsey when you ask him to stop smoking illegal drugs in close proximity to your children.

What time did you report, how loud was the music etc

Did you report it as a noise nuisance? They don’t usually tackle those before 11pm.

I don't think the op reported him for drugs which was last year? But for the party? Or breaking lockdown?

It’s probably better to mind your own business than report your neighbours. Even if the police deal with them you’ll be the one left living with them.

You should have saved reporting for something big. You’ve potentially opened yourself up to revenge harassment for the sake of a four person party. Some people really will put your windows through for this kind of thing :(

Yes I think so too but I don’t know why she should have neighbourly tolerance. There will be a bundle of houses if he is in a back to back so he won’t know who called this time.

threats versus action are probably in the region of 99 to 1 in these situations.

The police have been, if you reported that, within a day of them coming your windows were damaged they would know the culprits.

I would log the threats with 101 as it is a paper trail if it should happen but I doubt it will

Yeah, you haven't helped yourself on this one.

My neighbours smoke weed and have the occasional loud party, but other than that they seem alright. I don't suspect any serious crime with regards to violence or selling/distribution of controlled substances so I let it go.

I rather live with the odd inconvenient party/weed smell than my windows be put through.

You unnecessarily caused trouble for yourself here. If you reported because of the music, could you not just have asked them to turn it down? I mean it's only midnight now. If it was for the ppl...you should have minded your own business. It was 4 ppl, not a party.

Limited sympathy for you here tbh. Keep your nose to yourself in future. And your head down too just incase xD but hopefully that'll be the end of it.

The reporting was for a mixture of reasons, the loud music, having people around, being very loud.
I have 2 children in bed, it's bang out of order.
I wish I hadn't done it now though because I'm not going to be able to sleep thinking something's going to happen.

You should have asked them to turn it down

If you were reporting because of lockdown, I have zero sympathy.

I would have asked him to turn it down but there's already animosity between us because I asked him if he could put his spliff out last summer.

If it was long gone midnight I could understand. Or a regular thing. But as a one of, kids in bed or not, it really isn't a big deal. Not worthy of police time.

But it cant be helped now. They aren't gonna do anything. They wouldn't want the police to come back. Try not to worry.

He won't know it was you. He probably meant it in the wider context. Keep your lights off so you don't draw attention to your house.

And hope none of them are on Mumsnet.