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Safety, air quality and noise in Blackrock-Booterstown, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown, Dublin
Area scores as of 2026-08-03. Scores are area-level medians; individual properties vary.
Safety — higher is safer
Blackrock-Booterstown, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown scores 91 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.
Measured figure: 207.4 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.
Safety uses 207.4 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole DMR East 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 14 member areas; middle half 91 to 91.
Clean air — higher is cleaner
Blackrock-Booterstown, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown scores 72 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.
Measured figure: 9.2 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.
Clean air uses a median of 9.2 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 14 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 14 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's city air-quality model.
Median across the 14 member areas; middle half 72 to 73.
Quiet — higher is quieter
Blackrock-Booterstown, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown scores 30 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.
Measured figure: 68.2 decibels (modelled).
Quiet uses a median of 68.2 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 14 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 14 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.
Median across the 14 member areas; middle half 22 to 35.
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