Safety, air quality and noise in Newcastle, Co. Galway City, Galway

Safety — higher is safer

Newcastle, Co. Galway City scores 94 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 134.5 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 134.5 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole Galway 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 8 member areas; middle half 94 to 94.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Newcastle, Co. Galway City 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 8 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 8 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 8 member areas; middle half 88 to 88.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Newcastle, Co. Galway City scores 0 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 85.0 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 85 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 8 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 8 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.

Median across the 8 member areas; middle half 0 to 23.