Safety, air quality and noise in Ridgecrest, California

Safety — higher is safer

Ridgecrest, California scores 5.1 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 54.3 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 54.3 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Ridgecrest Police Department, 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 5.1 to 5.1.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Ridgecrest, California scores 8.2 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 7.0 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 7.0 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 8.2 to 8.2.

Quiet — higher is quieter

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

Measured figure: 64.7 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 64.7 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 1.0 to 6.1.