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

Safety — higher is safer

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

Measured figure: 180.1 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 180.1 recorded offences in five CSO groups per 10,000 residents for the whole Wicklow 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 22 member areas; middle half 92 to 92.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Wicklow Rural, Co. Wicklow scores 87 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 5.9 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 5.9 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 22 SAs in this locality, an annual mean modelled at 22 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 22 member areas; middle half 87 to 87.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Wicklow Rural, Co. Wicklow scores 23 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 70.8 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 70.8 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 22 SAs in this locality, a day-evening-night level taken at 22 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.

Median across the 22 member areas; middle half 12 to 23.