Safety, air quality and noise in Charlottesville

Safety — higher is safer

Charlottesville scores 7.5 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 32.5 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 32.5 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Charlottesville Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 36 member areas; middle half 7.5 to 7.5.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Charlottesville scores 6.2 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 11.4 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 11.4 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 36 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 36 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 36 member areas; middle half 6.2 to 6.2.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Charlottesville scores 3.6 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 65.8 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 65.8 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 36 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 36 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 36 member areas; middle half 2.4 to 4.4.