Safety, air quality and noise in Laramie

Safety — higher is safer

Laramie scores 9.3 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 16.1 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 16.1 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Laramie Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 11 member areas; middle half 9.3 to 9.3.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Laramie scores 8.5 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 6.2 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 6.2 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 11 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 11 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 11 member areas; middle half 8.5 to 8.6.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Laramie scores 5.0 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 59.9 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 59.9 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 11 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 11 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 11 member areas; middle half 0.1 to 5.9.