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%.

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People in loud road or rail noise for every council in East Midlands, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1Erewash3.8%
2Lincoln3.6%
3Leicester3.3%
4Nottingham2.9%
=5Bolsover2.6%
=5Broxtowe2.6%
7North Northamptonshire2.5%
=8Bassetlaw2.4%
=8Derby2.4%
=8North East Derbyshire2.4%
11Derbyshire Dales2.2%
=12Blaby2.0%
=12Charnwood2.0%
=12High Peak2.0%
=12Rutland2.0%
=12South Holland2.0%
=12West Northamptonshire2.0%
18South Kesteven1.8%
19South Derbyshire1.7%
20Chesterfield1.6%
=21Amber Valley1.5%
=21North West Leicestershire1.5%
=23Ashfield1.4%
=23East Lindsey1.4%
25Gedling1.3%
=26Boston1.2%
=26Hinckley and Bosworth1.2%
28Newark and Sherwood1.1%
29Mansfield0.8%
30Harborough0.7%
31Oadby and Wigston0.6%
=32North Kesteven0.5%
=32Rushcliffe0.5%
=34Melton0.0%
=34West Lindsey0.0%

Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas. Source and method · See it on the map