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

Safety — higher is safer

Rahoon, Co. Galway City scores 9.4 out of 10 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 12 member areas; middle half 9.4 to 9.4.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Rahoon, Co. Galway City scores 8.8 out of 10 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 12 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 12 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 12 member areas; middle half 8.8 to 8.8.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Rahoon, Co. Galway City scores 2.4 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 70.5 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 70.5 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 12 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 12 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.

Median across the 12 member areas; middle half 2.4 to 2.4.