Safety, air quality and noise in Lake Charles

Safety — higher is safer

Lake Charles scores 4.0 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 63.9 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 63.9 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Lake Charles Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 41 member areas; middle half 4.0 to 4.0.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Lake Charles scores 5.1 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 13.7 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 13.7 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 41 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 41 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 41 member areas; middle half 5.1 to 5.2.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Lake Charles scores 3.8 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 64.6 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 64.6 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 41 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 41 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 41 member areas; middle half 3.5 to 6.6.