Safety, air quality and noise in Barstow, California

Safety — higher is safer

Barstow, California scores 16 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 85.5 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 85.5 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Barstow Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 12 member areas; middle half 16 to 16.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Barstow, California scores 84 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 6.6 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 6.6 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 12 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 12 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 12 member areas; middle half 83 to 84.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Barstow, California scores 100 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 38.2 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 38.2 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 12 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 12 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 12 member areas; middle half 84 to 100.