Safety, air quality and noise in Kittanning, Pennsylvania

Safety — higher is safer

Kittanning, Pennsylvania scores 100 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 3.7 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 3.7 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Allegheny Township Police Department, Westmoreland County, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 10 member areas; middle half 100 to 100.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Kittanning, Pennsylvania scores 60 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 11.8 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 11.8 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 10 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 10 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 10 member areas; middle half 60 to 60.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Kittanning, Pennsylvania scores 100 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 33.9 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 33.9 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 10 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 10 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 10 member areas; middle half 92 to 100.