Safety, air quality and noise in Bury

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Bury scores 6.9 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 9.8 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 9.8 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 75 LSOAs in this local authority area, an annual mean modelled at 75 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's city air-quality model.

Median across the 75 member areas; middle half 6.7 to 7.1.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Bury scores 5.2 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 59.3 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 59.3 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 75 LSOAs in this local authority area, a day-evening-night level taken at 75 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 75 member areas; middle half 4.8 to 5.9.