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Nitrogen dioxide where people live, annual mean, every council ranked

The air of the neighbourhood rather than the kerb, so a home on a busy road breathes more. The UK legal limit is 40 and the World Health Organization's guideline 10. Figures for 2024, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Na h-Eileanan Siar, 1.3 µg/m³. The council in the middle: Cheltenham, 7.9 µg/m³. Highest: City of London, 32.5 µg/m³.

Nitrogen dioxide where people live, annual mean, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland1.3 µg/m³
2 jointHighlandScotland1.8 µg/m³
2 jointOrkney IslandsScotland1.8 µg/m³
4 jointCeredigionWales2 µg/m³
4 jointIsles of ScillySouth West2 µg/m³
6 jointArgyll and ButeScotland2.1 µg/m³
6 jointShetland IslandsScotland2.1 µg/m³
8 jointGwyneddWales2.2 µg/m³
8 jointMorayScotland2.2 µg/m³
8 jointScottish BordersScotland2.2 µg/m³
11Isle of AngleseyWales2.3 µg/m³
12 jointDumfries and GallowayScotland2.4 µg/m³
12 jointFermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland2.4 µg/m³
14AberdeenshireScotland2.5 µg/m³
15 jointPowysWales2.7 µg/m³
15 jointTorridgeSouth West2.7 µg/m³
17West DevonSouth West2.8 µg/m³
18Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland2.9 µg/m³
19 jointAngusScotland3 µg/m³
19 jointMid UlsterNorthern Ireland3 µg/m³
19 jointNewry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland3 µg/m³
22Perth and KinrossScotland3.1 µg/m³
23 jointConwyWales3.2 µg/m³
23 jointPembrokeshireWales3.2 µg/m³
25 jointCornwallSouth West3.3 µg/m³
25 jointCumberlandNorth West3.3 µg/m³
25 jointNorth DevonSouth West3.3 µg/m³
25 jointSouth HamsSouth West3.3 µg/m³
29 jointDenbighshireWales3.4 µg/m³
29 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West3.4 µg/m³
31 jointEast AyrshireScotland3.5 µg/m³
31 jointSouth AyrshireScotland3.5 µg/m³
33 jointCarmarthenshireWales3.7 µg/m³
33 jointNorth AyrshireScotland3.7 µg/m³
35 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland3.8 µg/m³
35 jointEast DevonSouth West3.8 µg/m³
35 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland3.8 µg/m³
38HerefordshireWest Midlands3.9 µg/m³
39 jointArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland4 µg/m³
39 jointStirlingScotland4 µg/m³
39 jointTeignbridgeSouth West4 µg/m³
42 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland4.2 µg/m³
42 jointMid DevonSouth West4.2 µg/m³
44 jointEast LothianScotland4.3 µg/m³
44 jointForest of DeanSouth West4.3 µg/m³
44 jointShropshireWest Midlands4.3 µg/m³
47 jointCotswoldSouth West4.4 µg/m³
47 jointInverclydeScotland4.4 µg/m³
49 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands4.5 µg/m³
49 jointNorthumberlandNorth East4.5 µg/m³
51East LindseyEast Midlands4.6 µg/m³
52FifeScotland4.7 µg/m³
53TorbaySouth West4.8 µg/m³
54 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland4.9 µg/m³
54 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands4.9 µg/m³
54 jointMidlothianScotland4.9 µg/m³
57 jointDorsetSouth West5 µg/m³
57 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands5 µg/m³
59 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England5.1 µg/m³
59 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber5.1 µg/m³
61 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England5.2 µg/m³
61 jointFyldeNorth West5.2 µg/m³
61 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands5.2 µg/m³
61 jointWyreNorth West5.2 µg/m³
65 jointBlaenau GwentWales5.3 µg/m³
65 jointMonmouthshireWales5.3 µg/m³
65 jointRibble ValleyNorth West5.3 µg/m³
65 jointSomersetSouth West5.3 µg/m³
65 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands5.3 µg/m³
70 jointBrecklandEast of England5.4 µg/m³
70 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland5.4 µg/m³
70 jointMerthyr TydfilWales5.4 µg/m³
73 jointFlintshireWales5.5 µg/m³
73 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands5.5 µg/m³
73 jointRutlandEast Midlands5.5 µg/m³
73 jointWest DunbartonshireScotland5.5 µg/m³
73 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East5.5 µg/m³
73 jointWiltshireSouth West5.5 µg/m³
79 jointCounty DurhamNorth East5.6 µg/m³
79 jointIsle of WightSouth East5.6 µg/m³
79 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England5.6 µg/m³
79 jointLancasterNorth West5.6 µg/m³
79 jointWychavonWest Midlands5.6 µg/m³
84 jointClackmannanshireScotland5.7 µg/m³
84 jointWealdenSouth East5.7 µg/m³
86East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber5.8 µg/m³
87 jointBostonEast Midlands5.9 µg/m³
87 jointChichesterSouth East5.9 µg/m³
87 jointRotherSouth East5.9 µg/m³
87 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England5.9 µg/m³
87 jointStroudSouth West5.9 µg/m³
87 jointWrexhamWales5.9 µg/m³
93 jointArunSouth East6 µg/m³
93 jointNeath Port TalbotWales6 µg/m³
93 jointWest LothianScotland6 µg/m³
93 jointWest SuffolkEast of England6 µg/m³
97 jointExeterSouth West6.1 µg/m³
97 jointFenlandEast of England6.1 µg/m³
97 jointMeltonEast Midlands6.1 µg/m³
97 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands6.1 µg/m³
97 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland6.1 µg/m³
102 jointBridgendWales6.2 µg/m³
102 jointEast HampshireSouth East6.2 µg/m³
102 jointLewesSouth East6.2 µg/m³
102 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England6.2 µg/m³
102 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands6.2 µg/m³
102 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands6.2 µg/m³
108BlackpoolNorth West6.3 µg/m³
109 jointDundee CityScotland6.4 µg/m³
109 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands6.4 µg/m³
109 jointMid SuffolkEast of England6.4 µg/m³
109 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber6.4 µg/m³
109 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales6.4 µg/m³
114 jointEastbourneSouth East6.5 µg/m³
114 jointHorshamSouth East6.5 µg/m³
114 jointNew ForestSouth East6.5 µg/m³
114 jointWest BerkshireSouth East6.5 µg/m³
118 jointSwanseaWales6.6 µg/m³
118 jointTest ValleySouth East6.6 µg/m³
120 jointCherwellSouth East6.7 µg/m³
120 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland6.7 µg/m³
120 jointFalkirkScotland6.7 µg/m³
120 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East6.7 µg/m³
120 jointHastingsSouth East6.7 µg/m³
120 jointTewkesburySouth West6.7 µg/m³
126 jointAberdeen CityScotland6.8 µg/m³
126 jointBaberghEast of England6.8 µg/m³
126 jointDoverSouth East6.8 µg/m³
126 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England6.8 µg/m³
126 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands6.8 µg/m³
126 jointNorth SomersetSouth West6.8 µg/m³
126 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East6.8 µg/m³
126 jointWaverleySouth East6.8 µg/m³
126 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands6.8 µg/m³
135 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West6.9 µg/m³
135 jointDarlingtonNorth East6.9 µg/m³
135 jointHarboroughEast Midlands6.9 µg/m³
135 jointMid SussexSouth East6.9 µg/m³
135 jointStaffordWest Midlands6.9 µg/m³
135 jointTorfaenWales6.9 µg/m³
135 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East6.9 µg/m³
135 jointUttlesfordEast of England6.9 µg/m³
135 jointVale of White HorseSouth East6.9 µg/m³
144 jointBassetlawEast Midlands7 µg/m³
144 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East7 µg/m³
144 jointVale of GlamorganWales7 µg/m³
147 jointPendleNorth West7.1 µg/m³
147 jointRedditchWest Midlands7.1 µg/m³
147 jointRenfrewshireScotland7.1 µg/m³
150 jointBroadlandEast of England7.2 µg/m³
150 jointEast DunbartonshireScotland7.2 µg/m³
150 jointRossendaleNorth West7.2 µg/m³
150 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands7.2 µg/m³
150 jointThanetSouth East7.2 µg/m³
150 jointWest LancashireNorth West7.2 µg/m³
156 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East7.3 µg/m³
156 jointCaerphillyWales7.3 µg/m³
156 jointCheshire EastNorth West7.3 µg/m³
156 jointEast SuffolkEast of England7.3 µg/m³
156 jointHartSouth East7.3 µg/m³
156 jointHartlepoolNorth East7.3 µg/m³
156 jointWorthingSouth East7.3 µg/m³
163 jointAshfordSouth East7.4 µg/m³
163 jointBraintreeEast of England7.4 µg/m³
163 jointCanterburySouth East7.4 µg/m³
163 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West7.4 µg/m³
163 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands7.4 µg/m³
163 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands7.4 µg/m³
163 jointPlymouthSouth West7.4 µg/m³
163 jointWinchesterSouth East7.4 µg/m³
171 jointMaldonEast of England7.5 µg/m³
171 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber7.5 µg/m³
171 jointWorcesterWest Midlands7.5 µg/m³
174 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands7.6 µg/m³
174 jointTendringEast of England7.6 µg/m³
174 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber7.6 µg/m³
177South StaffordshireWest Midlands7.7 µg/m³
178Central BedfordshireEast of England7.8 µg/m³
179 jointAdurSouth East7.9 µg/m³
179 jointBurnleyNorth West7.9 µg/m³
179 jointCheltenhamSouth West7.9 µg/m³
179 jointWarwickWest Midlands7.9 µg/m³
183 jointLichfieldWest Midlands8 µg/m³
183 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England8 µg/m³
183 jointRugbyWest Midlands8 µg/m³
186 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland8.1 µg/m³
186 jointHyndburnNorth West8.1 µg/m³
186 jointLincolnEast Midlands8.1 µg/m³
186 jointNorth LanarkshireScotland8.1 µg/m³
186 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands8.1 µg/m³
186 jointSouth RibbleNorth West8.1 µg/m³
192 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West8.2 µg/m³
192 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands8.2 µg/m³
192 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East8.2 µg/m³
192 jointSeftonNorth West8.2 µg/m³
196 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West8.3 µg/m³
196 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England8.3 µg/m³
196 jointSwindonSouth West8.3 µg/m³
196 jointWirralNorth West8.3 µg/m³
200 jointBedfordEast of England8.4 µg/m³
200 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands8.4 µg/m³
200 jointChorleyNorth West8.4 µg/m³
203 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands8.5 µg/m³
203 jointBolsoverEast Midlands8.5 µg/m³
203 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber8.5 µg/m³
203 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands8.5 µg/m³
203 jointGloucesterSouth West8.5 µg/m³
203 jointGosportSouth East8.5 µg/m³
203 jointHavantSouth East8.5 µg/m³
203 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands8.5 µg/m³
203 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands8.5 µg/m³
203 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands8.5 µg/m³
213 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber8.6 µg/m³
213 jointColchesterEast of England8.6 µg/m³
213 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands8.6 µg/m³
213 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East8.6 µg/m³
217 jointCambridgeEast of England8.7 µg/m³
217 jointSwaleSouth East8.7 µg/m³
219Great YarmouthEast of England8.8 µg/m³
220 jointMansfieldEast Midlands8.9 µg/m³
220 jointMilton KeynesSouth East8.9 µg/m³
220 jointWokinghamSouth East8.9 µg/m³
223 jointGuildfordSouth East9 µg/m³
223 jointMole ValleySouth East9 µg/m³
223 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands9 µg/m³
223 jointPeterboroughEast of England9 µg/m³
223 jointPrestonNorth West9 µg/m³
228 jointChelmsfordEast of England9.1 µg/m³
228 jointDacorumEast of England9.1 µg/m³
228 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber9.1 µg/m³
228 jointTandridgeSouth East9.1 µg/m³
232 jointBracknell ForestSouth East9.2 µg/m³
232 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East9.2 µg/m³
232 jointSevenoaksSouth East9.2 µg/m³
232 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East9.2 µg/m³
236FarehamSouth East9.3 µg/m³
237 jointMaidstoneSouth East9.4 µg/m³
237 jointSunderlandNorth East9.4 µg/m³
239 jointCity of EdinburghScotland9.5 µg/m³
239 jointNorwichEast of England9.5 µg/m³
239 jointStevenageEast of England9.5 µg/m³
239 jointTamworthWest Midlands9.5 µg/m³
243 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands9.6 µg/m³
243 jointRochfordEast of England9.6 µg/m³
243 jointRushmoorSouth East9.6 µg/m³
243 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West9.6 µg/m³
247 jointBlabyEast Midlands9.8 µg/m³
247 jointCrawleySouth East9.8 µg/m³
247 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands9.8 µg/m³
247 jointOxfordSouth East9.8 µg/m³
247 jointWokingSouth East9.8 µg/m³
252 jointAshfieldEast Midlands9.9 µg/m³
252 jointIpswichEast of England9.9 µg/m³
254 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands10 µg/m³
254 jointEastleighSouth East10 µg/m³
254 jointHarlowEast of England10 µg/m³
254 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber10 µg/m³
254 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber10 µg/m³
259 jointGatesheadNorth East10.1 µg/m³
259 jointNewportWales10.1 µg/m³
261 jointBrentwoodEast of England10.2 µg/m³
261 jointReadingSouth East10.2 µg/m³
261 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England10.2 µg/m³
261 jointSurrey HeathSouth East10.2 µg/m³
261 jointWiganNorth West10.2 µg/m³
266 jointHaltonNorth West10.3 µg/m³
266 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East10.3 µg/m³
266 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East10.3 µg/m³
266 jointSt AlbansEast of England10.3 µg/m³
266 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands10.3 µg/m³
271 jointGedlingEast Midlands10.5 µg/m³
271 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber10.5 µg/m³
271 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber10.5 µg/m³
274 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber10.6 µg/m³
274 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber10.6 µg/m³
274 jointWarringtonNorth West10.6 µg/m³
274 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England10.6 µg/m³
274 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East10.6 µg/m³
279Castle PointEast of England10.7 µg/m³
280 jointDudleyWest Midlands10.8 µg/m³
280 jointSouth TynesideNorth East10.8 µg/m³
280 jointSt. HelensNorth West10.8 µg/m³
280 jointThree RiversEast of England10.8 µg/m³
284Glasgow CityScotland10.9 µg/m³
285 jointBroxbourneEast of England11 µg/m³
285 jointErewashEast Midlands11 µg/m³
287CoventryWest Midlands11.1 µg/m³
288North TynesideNorth East11.3 µg/m³
289 jointBasildonEast of England11.4 µg/m³
289 jointBoltonNorth West11.4 µg/m³
289 jointBristolSouth West11.4 µg/m³
292 jointPortsmouthSouth East11.5 µg/m³
292 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands11.5 µg/m³
294 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands11.6 µg/m³
294 jointDerbyEast Midlands11.6 µg/m³
294 jointEpping ForestEast of England11.6 µg/m³
294 jointMedwaySouth East11.6 µg/m³
294 jointSouthamptonSouth East11.6 µg/m³
299RochdaleNorth West11.7 µg/m³
300 jointHertsmereEast of England11.8 µg/m³
300 jointLutonEast of England11.8 µg/m³
300 jointSolihullWest Midlands11.8 µg/m³
303Newcastle upon TyneNorth East11.9 µg/m³
304 jointCardiffWales12 µg/m³
304 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East12 µg/m³
304 jointKnowsleyNorth West12 µg/m³
307 jointBuryNorth West12.1 µg/m³
307 jointStockportNorth West12.1 µg/m³
307 jointWatfordEast of England12.1 µg/m³
310GraveshamSouth East12.3 µg/m³
311TraffordNorth West12.4 µg/m³
312LiverpoolNorth West12.5 µg/m³
313 jointElmbridgeSouth East12.6 µg/m³
313 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber12.6 µg/m³
315 jointOldhamNorth West12.9 µg/m³
315 jointTamesideNorth West12.9 µg/m³
317 jointBromleyLondon13.2 µg/m³
317 jointRunnymedeSouth East13.2 µg/m³
319WalsallWest Midlands13.3 µg/m³
320HaveringLondon13.4 µg/m³
321 jointSloughSouth East13.5 µg/m³
321 jointSuttonLondon13.5 µg/m³
323NottinghamEast Midlands13.6 µg/m³
324ThurrockEast of England13.9 µg/m³
325 jointHarrowLondon14 µg/m³
325 jointLeicesterEast Midlands14 µg/m³
327DartfordSouth East14.1 µg/m³
328CroydonLondon14.2 µg/m³
329 jointBexleyLondon14.3 µg/m³
329 jointBirminghamWest Midlands14.3 µg/m³
331SandwellWest Midlands14.6 µg/m³
332SalfordNorth West14.9 µg/m³
333EnfieldLondon15 µg/m³
334 jointHillingdonLondon15.1 µg/m³
334 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon15.1 µg/m³
336 jointBarnetLondon15.4 µg/m³
336 jointManchesterNorth West15.4 µg/m³
338SpelthorneSouth East15.7 µg/m³
339MertonLondon16 µg/m³
340Richmond upon ThamesLondon16.1 µg/m³
341RedbridgeLondon16.6 µg/m³
342Barking and DagenhamLondon16.8 µg/m³
343EalingLondon17.5 µg/m³
344 jointGreenwichLondon17.8 µg/m³
344 jointLewishamLondon17.8 µg/m³
346 jointBrentLondon17.9 µg/m³
346 jointWaltham ForestLondon17.9 µg/m³
348HaringeyLondon18 µg/m³
349HounslowLondon18.1 µg/m³
350WandsworthLondon18.4 µg/m³
351NewhamLondon20.2 µg/m³
352LambethLondon20.3 µg/m³
353Hammersmith and FulhamLondon20.4 µg/m³
354HackneyLondon22.2 µg/m³
355SouthwarkLondon22.3 µg/m³
356Kensington and ChelseaLondon23.3 µg/m³
357 jointCamdenLondon23.6 µg/m³
357 jointIslingtonLondon23.6 µg/m³
359Tower HamletsLondon23.8 µg/m³
360WestminsterLondon25 µg/m³
361City of LondonLondon32.5 µg/m³

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