Safety, air quality and noise in Kilkenny Rural, Co. Kilkenny, Kilkenny

Safety — higher is safer

Kilkenny Rural, Co. Kilkenny scores 93 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 153.5 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 153.5 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole Kilkenny/Carlow 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 63 member areas; middle half 93 to 93.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Kilkenny Rural, Co. Kilkenny scores 84 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 6.4 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 6.4 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 63 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 63 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 63 member areas; middle half 84 to 84.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Kilkenny Rural, Co. Kilkenny scores 7 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 77.0 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 77 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 63 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 63 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.

Median across the 63 member areas; middle half 7 to 23.