Around 1.1m Brits resorted to calling the police about a neighbourly dispute with 646,000 resorting to legal action.
Figures also showed that 11 million people in the UK had fallen out with their next door neighbour in the past five years with the majority of cases being verbal disputes.
Noise was the most common cause of the disputes with 37% of people citing it as the issue of a dispute.
Parking, pets and children were the following most common causes.
Just over a quarter of people admitted to not knowing their neighbour’s name and 22% did not know what their neighbour did for a living.
A further 3% said they felt threatened by their neighbour.
Despite these figures almost a fifth of Brits said they would like to have a better relationship with the people who live next door to them.
Wales was the only region in the UK where people said they would call their neighbour a friend.
Only a third of Londoners say they could call their neighbour a friend.
The North East had the least “friendliest” neighbours with only 29% able to call their neighbour a friend.
Samantha Baden, property analyst at Findaproperty, said: “As a nation we are becoming increasingly isolated from our neighbours despite the fact that most of us would like to be much closer to them.
“People move homes more frequently than they used to so we’ve less time to get to know the people who live nearby and the growth of social media has left us more likely to “sofalise” and less inclined to actually go out and socialise.
“Knowing your neighbours can improve security and quality of life; people want to feel safe and comfortable in their home and the relationship you have with the people who live nearby really affects this.”
Baden added that it was also worth keeping in mind that sellers had an obligation to disclose the details of any complaints made against their neighbours to buyers.
“Tthis really can impact on your ability to sell a property,” said Baden.
“Millions of people in the UK would like to have a better relationship with their neighbours and occasions like this year’s Jubilee celebrations and the Olympics are the perfect opportunity to break the ice.
“Knowing that an area has a strong sense of community is a real pull factor for potential home buyers and it is factors like these that help to drive up the price of a property.”
