Most and least people in loud road or rail noise: places in East Midlands (2021)
Erewash had the highest share of people in loud road or rail noise of East Midlands’s 35 councils in 2021, at 3.8%.
Melton and West Lindsey had the joint lowest, at 0.0%. The middle council, South Kesteven, had 1.8%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erewash | 3.8% |
| 2 | Lincoln | 3.6% |
| 3 | Leicester | 3.3% |
| 4 | Nottingham | 2.9% |
| =5 | Bolsover | 2.6% |
| =5 | Broxtowe | 2.6% |
| 7 | North Northamptonshire | 2.5% |
| =8 | Bassetlaw | 2.4% |
| =8 | Derby | 2.4% |
| =8 | North East Derbyshire | 2.4% |
| 11 | Derbyshire Dales | 2.2% |
| =12 | Blaby | 2.0% |
| =12 | Charnwood | 2.0% |
| =12 | High Peak | 2.0% |
| =12 | Rutland | 2.0% |
| =12 | South Holland | 2.0% |
| =12 | West Northamptonshire | 2.0% |
| 18 | South Kesteven | 1.8% |
| 19 | South Derbyshire | 1.7% |
| 20 | Chesterfield | 1.6% |
| =21 | Amber Valley | 1.5% |
| =21 | North West Leicestershire | 1.5% |
| =23 | Ashfield | 1.4% |
| =23 | East Lindsey | 1.4% |
| 25 | Gedling | 1.3% |
| =26 | Boston | 1.2% |
| =26 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 1.2% |
| 28 | Newark and Sherwood | 1.1% |
| 29 | Mansfield | 0.8% |
| 30 | Harborough | 0.7% |
| 31 | Oadby and Wigston | 0.6% |
| =32 | North Kesteven | 0.5% |
| =32 | Rushcliffe | 0.5% |
| =34 | Melton | 0.0% |
| =34 | West Lindsey | 0.0% |
Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas. Source and method · See it on the map