Safety, air quality and noise in Ponta do Sol

Safety — higher is safer

Ponta do Sol scores 8.7 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 25.1 recorded offences in 2 published categories per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses 25.1 recorded offences in 2 published categories per 10,000 residents for the whole município, from Offences recorded by the Portuguese police forces (PSP, GNR and the municipal and maritime police), compiled by the Direção-Geral da Política de Justiça and published by INE by município, 2021 to 2025, 2025, so this figure describes the whole region, not a neighbourhood inside it.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Ponta do Sol scores 7.7 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 8.2 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 8.2 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across 46 points sampled evenly across this NUTS 3 region, an annual mean 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.