Safety, air quality and noise in Kennesaw, Georgia

Safety — higher is safer

Kennesaw, Georgia scores 10.0 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 5.0 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses a median of 5 violent offences per 10,000 residents across this area's Census tracts, each tract carrying the FBI-reported rate of its nearest reporting agency (3 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 101 member areas; middle half 8.1 to 10.0.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Kennesaw, Georgia scores 6.3 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 11.1 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 11.1 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 101 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 101 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 101 member areas; middle half 6.3 to 6.3.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Kennesaw, Georgia scores 4.0 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 63.9 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 63.9 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 101 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 101 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 101 member areas; middle half 3.6 to 6.6.