Safety, air quality and noise in Kalamazoo

Safety — higher is safer

Kalamazoo scores 6.4 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 27.8 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 27.8 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Schoolcraft Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 58 member areas; middle half 6.4 to 6.4.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Kalamazoo scores 5.8 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 12.3 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 12.3 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 58 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 58 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 58 member areas; middle half 5.8 to 5.8.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Kalamazoo scores 3.7 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 65.1 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 65.1 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 58 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 58 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 58 member areas; middle half 3.0 to 6.2.