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Safety, air quality and noise in Carlow Urban, Co. Carlow, Carlow

Area scores as of 2026-08-03. Scores are area-level medians; individual properties vary.

9.3/10

Safety — higher is safer

Carlow Urban, Co. Carlow scores 9.3 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 153.5 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 153.5 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole Kilkenny/Carlow Garda Division, from CSO CJQ06 recorded crime by Garda Division; population Census 2022 Small Areas, 2025, so every area inside that division carries the same figure.

Median across the 24 member areas; middle half 9.3 to 9.3.

7.3/10

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Carlow Urban, Co. Carlow scores 7.3 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 9.0 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 9.0 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 24 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 24 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's city air-quality model.

Median across the 24 member areas; middle half 6.5 to 7.6.

2.3/10

Quiet — higher is quieter

Carlow Urban, Co. Carlow scores 2.3 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 70.7 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 70.7 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 24 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 24 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.

Median across the 24 member areas; middle half 0.8 to 2.6.

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