Safety, air quality and noise in Lincoln

Safety — higher is safer

Lincoln scores 6.9 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 37.9 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 37.9 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Lincoln Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 80 member areas; middle half 6.9 to 6.9.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

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

Measured figure: 11.2 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 11.2 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 80 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 80 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 80 member areas; middle half 6.3 to 6.3.

Quiet — higher is quieter

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

Measured figure: 65.0 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 65 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 80 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 80 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 80 member areas; middle half 3.3 to 4.6.