West Northamptonshire local authority · 2024
What we breathe
7.2
Fine particle pollution · µg/m³
Air pollution: fine particulate matter (concentrations of total PM2.5) · modelled average
England: 7.1 · 2024
healthcards · West Northamptonshire · 2024
What this means
West Northamptonshire air averaged 7.2 micrograms of fine particles per cubic metre in 2024 — above the England average. Fine particles come from traffic, heating and industry.
Fingertips marks this indicator Not compared to England — shown for context only.
Recent observations (West Northamptonshire)
- 2021: 7.8
- 2022: 9
- 2023: 7.3
- 2024: 7.2
These points share an indicator, sex, age and period type. Source-method changes and overlapping pooled periods can limit comparisons; see the caveats.
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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:
- West Northamptonshire (E06000062), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2024; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- modelled average
- Note:
- Population-weighted annual average; modelled.
Caveats
- 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.
- 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.