Crap Towns / Bootle / Pollution incidents
How often does Bootle get polluted?
16 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bootle or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 43rd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2025 and put heavy metals, hydrocarbons, inorganic chemical or product and smoke in the air. Noise turned up in 7 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Heavy metals, hydrocarbons, inorganic chemical or product and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| July 2025 | Soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| February 2023 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| October 2021 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| September 2020 | Tyres | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| July 2020 | Building rubble and general biodegradable material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| January 2020 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| December 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| November 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| October 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| September 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| July 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| May 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| April 2018 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2017 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| March 2017 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bootle | – | 16 |
| Liverpool | 7.1 km | 14 |
| Kirkby | 8.2 km | 9 |
| Crosby | 4.0 km | 8 |
| Litherland | 2.0 km | 8 |
| Birkenhead | 9.0 km | 3 |
| Huyton with Roby | 10.4 km | 3 |
| Maghull | 7.2 km | 3 |
| Aintree | 4.5 km | 2 |
| Lydiate | 8.5 km | 2 |
| Wallasey | 6.0 km | 1 |