More than 700 reports of antisocial behaviour were made to police in St Andrews in a year.
Frightened and frustrated people complained 729 times between March 2017 and February.
More than a third of the calls, 286, related to noise but a large proportion, 178, were to report public nuisance.
People turned to police to deal with disturbances, drinking in public, neighbour disputes, communications and damage.
East Neuk and Landward councillor Linda Holt, who acquired the figures from Police Scotland through a freedom of information request, said it was a huge number of reports.
She said she was contacted by a resident who had called police three times in one evening to report people urinating in his neighbour’s garden and being abusive and noisy.
His calls were among 11 made to the police about antisocial behaviour in the town that weekend.
The figures provided for the full year were for calls, several of which could relate to the one incident.
Mrs Holt voiced concerns about a report by the safer communities team to Fife Council’s north east Fife area committee, which stated only 50 reports had been made by e-form and concluded there was less antisocial behaviour and people felt more comfortable reporting it.
She called for “joined up thinking” among town authorities to bring rowdiness to heel and said: “Councillors are not getting a fully informed picture of the scale of the problem, let alone its causes or possible means of addressing it.”
The safer communities team said it received a monthly report from police and highlighted initiatives to curb anti-social behaviour, including the issuing of four warnings in north-east Fife and 867 patrols by safer communities officers.
Inspector Jane Combe, of Cupar Police Station, said the force works with all those who could bring influence to bear “to prevent antisocial behaviour and ensure public disturbances are kept to a minimum.”
She added: “When antisocial behaviour does occur, multiple reports can be received for a singular incident.
“Any reported incidents will be dealt with fully, and where criminality is identified, we will always work thoroughly to ensure those responsible are brought before the courts.”
