Safety, air quality and noise in Killiney South, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown, Dublin

Safety — higher is safer

Killiney South, 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 21 member areas; middle half 91 to 91.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Killiney South, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown scores 77 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 8.1 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 8.1 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 21 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 21 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's city air-quality model.

Median across the 21 member areas; middle half 73 to 77.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Killiney South, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown scores 14 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 74.3 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 74.3 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 21 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 21 member-area centroids from the national major-road traffic noise model, where a lower reading means a quieter area. This figure is approximate: modelled from the major-road network rather than a local noise surface.

This score is approximate.

Median across the 21 member areas; middle half 4 to 22.