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Safety, air quality and noise in Wigan
Area scores as of 2026-08-03. Scores are area-level medians; individual properties vary.
Clean air — higher is cleaner
Wigan scores 7.5 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.
Measured figure: 8.4 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.
Clean air uses a median of 8.4 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 168 LSOAs in this local authority area, an annual mean modelled at 168 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 168 member areas; middle half 7.3 to 7.7.
Quiet — higher is quieter
Wigan scores 4.7 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.
Measured figure: 61.4 decibels (modelled).
Quiet uses a median of 61.4 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 168 LSOAs in this local authority area, a day-evening-night level taken at 168 member-area centroids from the national major-road traffic noise model, where a lower reading means a quieter area. This figure is approximate: modelled from the major-road network rather than a local noise surface.
This score is approximate.
Median across the 168 member areas; middle half 3.8 to 5.5.
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