Safety, air quality and noise in Tullamore Rural, Co. Offaly, Tullamore

Safety — higher is safer

Tullamore Rural, Co. Offaly scores 92 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 176.6 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 176.6 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole Laois/Offaly 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 13 member areas; middle half 92 to 92.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Tullamore Rural, Co. Offaly 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 13 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 13 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 13 member areas; middle half 88 to 88.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Tullamore Rural, Co. Offaly scores 49 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 60.6 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 60.6 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 13 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 13 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.

Median across the 13 member areas; middle half 48 to 50.