# 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%.

Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas.

| Rank | Area | People in loud road or rail noise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash) | 3.8% |
| 2 | [Lincoln](https://openindex.co.uk/lincoln) | 3.6% |
| 3 | [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) | 3.3% |
| 4 | [Nottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/nottingham) | 2.9% |
| =5 | [Bolsover](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover) | 2.6% |
| =5 | [Broxtowe](https://openindex.co.uk/broxtowe) | 2.6% |
| 7 | [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire) | 2.5% |
| =8 | [Bassetlaw](https://openindex.co.uk/bassetlaw) | 2.4% |
| =8 | [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby) | 2.4% |
| =8 | [North East Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire) | 2.4% |
| 11 | [Derbyshire Dales](https://openindex.co.uk/derbyshire-dales) | 2.2% |
| =12 | [Blaby](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby) | 2.0% |
| =12 | [Charnwood](https://openindex.co.uk/charnwood) | 2.0% |
| =12 | [High Peak](https://openindex.co.uk/high-peak) | 2.0% |
| =12 | [Rutland](https://openindex.co.uk/rutland) | 2.0% |
| =12 | [South Holland](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland) | 2.0% |
| =12 | [West Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-northamptonshire) | 2.0% |
| 18 | [South Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven) | 1.8% |
| 19 | [South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire) | 1.7% |
| 20 | [Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield) | 1.6% |
| =21 | [Amber Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley) | 1.5% |
| =21 | [North West Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire) | 1.5% |
| =23 | [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield) | 1.4% |
| =23 | [East Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lindsey) | 1.4% |
| 25 | [Gedling](https://openindex.co.uk/gedling) | 1.3% |
| =26 | [Boston](https://openindex.co.uk/boston) | 1.2% |
| =26 | [Hinckley and Bosworth](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth) | 1.2% |
| 28 | [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood) | 1.1% |
| 29 | [Mansfield](https://openindex.co.uk/mansfield) | 0.8% |
| 30 | [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) | 0.7% |
| 31 | [Oadby and Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston) | 0.6% |
| =32 | [North Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/north-kesteven) | 0.5% |
| =32 | [Rushcliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/rushcliffe) | 0.5% |
| =34 | [Melton](https://openindex.co.uk/melton) | 0.0% |
| =34 | [West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey) | 0.0% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas. Covers England. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/england)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/loud-transport-noise)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/loud-transport-noise)
- [The two measures side by side](https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode#vs=population&mode=blend)

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