Safety, air quality and noise in Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt

Safety — higher is safer

Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt scores 5.5 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 369.7 recorded offences in 4 published categories per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 369.7 recorded offences in 4 published categories per 10,000 residents for the whole Kreis (NUTS-3 region), from Eurostat police-recorded offences by NUTS-3 region (crim_gen_reg), 2024, so this figure describes the whole region, not a neighbourhood inside it.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt scores 7.1 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 9.4 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 9.4 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across 88 points sampled evenly across this NUTS 3 region, an annual mean from the Copernicus CAMS regional background surface. This figure is approximate: a regional background estimate rather than a local modelled surface.

This score is approximate.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt scores 5.3 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 53.6 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 53.6 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across 88 points sampled evenly across this NUTS 3 region, a day-evening-night level from the national major-road traffic noise model, where a lower reading means a quieter area. Points are spread by area rather than by population, so a large rural district reads quieter than the towns inside it. This figure is approximate: modelled from the major-road network rather than a local noise surface.

This score is approximate.