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Safety, air quality and noise in Ballymacool, Co. Donegal, Letterkenny
Area scores as of 2026-08-03. Scores are area-level medians; individual properties vary.
Safety — higher is safer
Ballymacool, Co. Donegal scores 95 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.
Measured figure: 111.3 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.
Safety uses 111.3 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole Donegal 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 10 member areas; middle half 95 to 95.
Clean air — higher is cleaner
Ballymacool, Co. Donegal scores 68 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.
Measured figure: 10.0 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.
Clean air uses a median of 10.0 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 10 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 10 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's city air-quality model.
Median across the 10 member areas; middle half 68 to 69.
Quiet — higher is quieter
Ballymacool, Co. Donegal scores 24 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.
Measured figure: 70.3 decibels (modelled).
Quiet uses a median of 70.3 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 10 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 10 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.
Median across the 10 member areas; middle half 24 to 57.
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