Safety, air quality and noise in Santa Cruz

Safety — higher is safer

Santa Cruz scores 46 out of 100 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 58.2 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses a median of 58.2 violent offences per 10,000 residents across this area's Census tracts, each tract carrying the FBI-reported rate of its nearest reporting agency (3 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 49 member areas; middle half 38 to 46.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Santa Cruz scores 78 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 7.9 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 7.9 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 49 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 49 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 49 member areas; middle half 76 to 78.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Santa Cruz scores 37 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 65.3 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 65.3 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 49 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 49 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 49 member areas; middle half 25 to 66.