Safety, air quality and noise in Lubbock

Safety — higher is safer

Lubbock scores 9.6 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 19.1 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 19.1 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Idalou Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 56 member areas; middle half 9.6 to 9.6.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Lubbock scores 8.7 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 5.9 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 5.9 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 56 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 56 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 56 member areas; middle half 8.7 to 8.7.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Lubbock scores 3.1 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 67.5 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 67.5 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 56 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 56 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 56 member areas; middle half 0.2 to 5.0.