Safety, air quality and noise in Rochester

Safety — higher is safer

Rochester scores 93 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 16.7 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses a median of 16.7 violent offences per 10,000 residents across this area's Census tracts, each tract carrying the FBI-reported rate of its nearest reporting agency (2 agencies in all), from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year, where each agency's rate is jurisdiction-wide, not a neighbourhood figure.

Median across the 31 member areas; middle half 93 to 93.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Rochester scores 56 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 12.6 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 12.6 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 31 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 31 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 31 member areas; middle half 56 to 56.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Rochester scores 85 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 45.9 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 45.9 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 31 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 31 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 31 member areas; middle half 60 to 100.