About Crap Towns

Every town in Britain, England, Wales and Scotland, gets a sign, a Crap Score and a good slagging. London's one big sprawl, so it gets done borough by borough.

The score comes from public figures: fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, vandalism, sewage pumped into the river, grotty kitchens and serious crashes. The more of that a town has, the crapper it scores. The rude bits are ours. The numbers aren't.

It's for fun. It's meant to start arguments down the pub, not settle them. If your town's top of the table, that's not a personal insult. It's a council one.

We never have a go at anyone for being skint, and we never name people or businesses. We do have a go at fly-tippers, taggers, joyriders and the people who let the place get like this.

Have your say

• Vote for Crap Town of the Year. It closes on 31 December 2027.
• Write a letter on your town's page, sticking the boot in or defending the place.
• Nominate a town we've missed.
• Have a crap-off between your town and the one down the road.

The rest

How the score works and where our numbers come from. Anything else, write to the editor.