Safety, air quality and noise in St. Mary's, Co. Meath, Drogheda

Safety — higher is safer

St. Mary's, Co. Meath scores 93 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 147.6 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 147.6 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole Meath 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 49 member areas; middle half 93 to 93.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

St. Mary's, Co. Meath scores 88 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 5.6 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 5.6 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 49 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 49 member-area centroids 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.

Median across the 49 member areas; middle half 88 to 88.

Quiet — higher is quieter

St. Mary's, Co. Meath scores 28 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 69.0 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 69 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 49 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 49 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.

Median across the 49 member areas; middle half 23 to 48.