Leeds local authority · 2024

Leeds, let’s clear the air.

4.1%

higher PM2.5 concentration than England.

Air pollution: fine particulate matter (concentrations of total PM2.5) · modelled average

Leeds: 7.36 · England: 7.06 µg/m³

Modelled annual average. Numerical difference, not a significance claim.

healthcards · Leeds · 2024

What this means

Leeds had 4.1% higher modelled annual PM2.5 concentration than England in 2024. Leeds: 7.36 · England: 7.06 µg/m³. This measures fine particles, not overall air cleanliness or an individual's exposure.

Modelled annual average. Numerical difference, not a significance claim.

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Source & provenance

Indicator:: Air pollution: fine particulate matter (concentrations of total PM2.5) (ID 93867)
Source:: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), modelled by Ricardo
Area:: Leeds (E08000035), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:: 2024; retrieved 2026-10-10 (distinct from reporting period)
Population:: modelled average
Note:: Population-weighted annual average; modelled.

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Caveats

Modelled annual average. Numerical difference, not a significance claim.
Modelled from monitoring plus maps, weighted by where people live — not one street's reading.
There is no known safe threshold: lower is better all the way down.
Calculated from unrounded observations with the same indicator, age, sex and reporting period. Displayed inputs are rounded.
Formula: 100 × (local concentration / England concentration − 1). England includes this area.
Lower means cleaner air on average.

Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.