Safety, air quality and noise in Bilbao

Safety — higher is safer

Bilbao scores 5.3 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 376.7 recorded offences in 5 published categories per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 376.7 recorded offences in 5 published categories per 10,000 residents for the whole municipio, from Offences recorded by the Policía Nacional, the Guardia Civil, the autonomous police forces and those local forces that report into the Sistema Estadístico de Criminalidad, published per municipality by the Ministerio del Interior in its Balance de Criminalidad, 2021 to 2024, 2024, so this figure describes the whole region, not a neighbourhood inside it.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Bilbao scores 7.9 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 7.7 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 7.7 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across 52 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

Bilbao scores 4.6 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 57.2 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 57.2 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across 52 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.