Safety, air quality and noise in Bristol, Virginia

Safety — higher is safer

Bristol, Virginia scores 54 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 51.1 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses a median of 51.1 violent offences per 10,000 residents across this area's Census tracts, each tract carrying the FBI-reported rate of its nearest reporting agency (2 agencies in all), from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year, where each agency's rate is jurisdiction-wide, not a neighbourhood figure.

Median across the 25 member areas; middle half 54 to 54.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Bristol, Virginia scores 67 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 10.2 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 10.2 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 25 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 25 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 25 member areas; middle half 67 to 67.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Bristol, Virginia scores 36 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 65.5 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 65.5 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 25 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 25 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 25 member areas; middle half 28 to 100.