Most and least people in loud road or rail noise: places in East of England (2021)
Watford had the highest share of people in loud road or rail noise of East of England’s 45 councils in 2021, at 6.1%.
Maldon had the lowest, at 0.0%. The middle council, Uttlesford, had 1.9%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watford | 6.1% |
| 2 | Hertsmere | 4.8% |
| 3 | Broxbourne | 4.3% |
| =4 | Brentwood | 3.9% |
| =4 | Peterborough | 3.9% |
| =4 | Southend-on-Sea | 3.9% |
| 7 | Ipswich | 3.7% |
| 8 | Three Rivers | 3.2% |
| 9 | Cambridge | 3.1% |
| =10 | Bedford | 3.0% |
| =10 | Dacorum | 3.0% |
| =10 | Welwyn Hatfield | 3.0% |
| 13 | Stevenage | 2.9% |
| =14 | Epping Forest | 2.7% |
| =14 | St Albans | 2.7% |
| 16 | Norwich | 2.5% |
| 17 | Mid Suffolk | 2.4% |
| 18 | Thurrock | 2.2% |
| =19 | Luton | 2.1% |
| =19 | Tendring | 2.1% |
| 21 | East Cambridgeshire | 2.0% |
| =22 | East Hertfordshire | 1.9% |
| =22 | Uttlesford | 1.9% |
| 24 | Colchester | 1.8% |
| =25 | Babergh | 1.7% |
| =25 | Chelmsford | 1.7% |
| =25 | East Suffolk | 1.7% |
| =25 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 1.7% |
| =29 | North Hertfordshire | 1.6% |
| =29 | South Norfolk | 1.6% |
| 31 | Huntingdonshire | 1.5% |
| =32 | North Norfolk | 1.2% |
| =32 | West Suffolk | 1.2% |
| =34 | Braintree | 1.0% |
| =34 | Great Yarmouth | 1.0% |
| 36 | Basildon | 0.9% |
| =37 | Central Bedfordshire | 0.8% |
| =37 | South Cambridgeshire | 0.8% |
| 39 | Harlow | 0.7% |
| =40 | Breckland | 0.6% |
| =40 | Castle Point | 0.6% |
| 42 | Fenland | 0.5% |
| =43 | Broadland | 0.4% |
| =43 | Rochford | 0.4% |
| 45 | Maldon | 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