Crap Towns / Bloxwich / Pollution incidents
How often does Bloxwich get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bloxwich or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in December 2025 and put household waste on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| June 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2019 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| November 2017 | Firefighting run-off | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Willenhall | 3.7 km | 14 |
| Aldridge | 5.0 km | 13 |
| Brownhills | 5.8 km | 13 |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 3.0 km | 13 |
| Darlaston | 5.2 km | 8 |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | 5.6 km | 7 |
| Walsall | 4.0 km | 6 |
| Wednesbury | 6.3 km | 6 |
| Bloxwich | – | 4 |
| Norton Canes | 6.8 km | 1 |
| Pelsall | 2.8 km | 1 |