Safety, air quality and noise in Wenatchee

Safety — higher is safer

Wenatchee scores 9.9 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.

Measured figure: 10.7 violent offences per 10,000 residents.

Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 10.7 violent offences per 10,000 residents for East Wenatchee Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.

Median across the 19 member areas; middle half 9.9 to 9.9.

Clean air — higher is cleaner

Wenatchee scores 6.9 out of 10 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.

Measured figure: 9.8 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.

Clean air uses a median of 9.8 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 across the 19 Tracts in this city, an annual mean modelled at 19 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 19 member areas; middle half 6.9 to 6.9.

Quiet — higher is quieter

Wenatchee scores 7.4 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.

Measured figure: 50.6 decibels (modelled).

Quiet uses a median of 50.6 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 19 Tracts in this city, a day-evening-night level taken at 19 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 19 member areas; middle half 6.8 to 10.0.