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What's the air quality in All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham? NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³

In 2025 the average resident of All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham lived with background NO₂ of 6.7 µg/m³, Typical for England and Wales and below the WHO guideline of 10. PM2.5 was 8.3 µg/m³, Very High for England and Wales and 1.7 times the WHO guideline of 5. The typical area in England and Wales has NO₂ of 7.2 and PM2.5 of 7.4 µg/m³.

PM2.5: 8.3 µg/m³
NO₂ for England and Wales: Typical
Figures for: 2025 annual average

Modelled background levels averaged over where residents live (Census 2021), not roadside levels. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025. How we calculate this

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Is the air quality good in All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham?

Background NO₂ in All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham is 6.7 µg/m³, below the WHO guideline of 10, and lower than the typical area (7.2). That puts it in the Typical band. Background PM2.5 in All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham is 8.3 µg/m³, 1.7 times the WHO guideline of 5, and higher than the typical area (7.4). That puts it in the Very High band. Most of England and Wales is above the WHO guideline for PM2.5, so the bands compare places with each other rather than giving a pass or fail.

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂): 6.7 µg/m³

Typical means the middle fifth of areas in England and Wales for NO₂.

NO₂ bands for areas in England and Wales, in µg/m³, with the map colour for each
Very Low	up to 4.7
Low	4.7 to 6.5
Typical	6.5 to 7.7
High	7.7 to 9.2
Very High	over 9.2

WHO guideline: 10 µg/m³ (in the Very High band). UK legal limit: 40 µg/m³.

Fine particles (PM2.5): 8.3 µg/m³

Very High means the highest fifth of areas in England and Wales for PM2.5.

PM2.5 bands for areas in England and Wales, in µg/m³, with the map colour for each
Very Low	up to 6.0
Low	6.0 to 7.2
Typical	7.2 to 7.7
High	7.7 to 8.2
Very High	over 8.2

WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³ (in the Very Low band). UK legal limit: 20 µg/m³, with a target of 10 µg/m³ in England by 2040.

The bands split every area we cover into fifths by its level, from Very Low to Very High. The map uses the same colours.

How does air quality in All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham compare with nearby areas?

Background NO₂ in All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham compared with the 6 nearest other areas in Waveney.

All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham vs St Michael, South Elmham

All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³
St Michael, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³

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All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham vs St James, South Elmham

All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³
St James, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³

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All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham vs St Margaret, South Elmham

All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³
St Margaret, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.8 µg/m³

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All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham vs Rumburgh

All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³
Rumburgh: NO₂ 6.5 µg/m³

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All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham vs St Peter, South Elmham

All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³
St Peter, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.8 µg/m³

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All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham vs St Margaret, Ilketshall

All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham: NO₂ 6.7 µg/m³
St Margaret, Ilketshall: NO₂ 6.8 µg/m³

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Does this include busy roads?

No. These are background levels: yearly averages over 1 km squares, away from the immediate influence of roads. Right beside a busy road in All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham, NO₂ can be much higher. Councils publish roadside monitoring in their annual air quality reports.

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Where does this data come from?

Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are from Historic England and Cadw, and conservation areas from planning.data.gov.uk. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Air quality is from Defra modelled background pollution maps. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025.

Last updated 11 November 2026 at 01:41 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham dataset covers 9 postcodes.

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