Safety, air quality and noise in Lucan Heights, Co. South Dublin, Dublin

Safety — higher is safer

Lucan Heights, Co. South Dublin scores 85 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 323.2 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 323.2 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole DMR West 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 18 member areas; middle half 85 to 85.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Lucan Heights, Co. South Dublin scores 73 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 8.9 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 8.9 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 18 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 18 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 18 member areas; middle half 71 to 86.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Lucan Heights, Co. South Dublin scores 8 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 76.9 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 76.9 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 18 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 18 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 18 member areas; middle half 2 to 29.