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Crap Towns / Brent / Pollution incidents

How often does Brent get polluted?

22 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Brent or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 28th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in May 2026 and put grey water in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 9 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
May 2026Grey waterIn the waterSignificant
November 2024Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
March 2024Soil and clayIn the waterSignificant
February 2024PetrolIn the waterSignificant
January 2024Grey waterIn the waterSignificant
January 2024Crude sewageOn the landSignificant
July 2023Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
February 2023Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
February 2023Waste oilIn the waterSignificant
January 2023Waste oilIn the waterSignificant
September 2022Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
July 2022Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
May 2022Crude sewage and sewage materialIn the waterSignificant
April 2022Food and drinkIn the waterSignificant
March 2022Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
February 2022Unidentified oilIn the waterSignificant
October 2021Commercial waste, food and drink and grey waterIn the waterSignificant
November 2019Building rubbleOn the landSignificant
November 2018Waste oilIn the waterSignificant
January 2018Firefighting run-off, organic chemical or product and paintIn the water and on the landSignificant
October 2017Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
September 2016MicrobiologicalIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Haringey11.7 km27
Barnet7.5 km23
Brent–22
Harrow6.7 km22
Ealing5.9 km20
Westminster9.0 km5
Camden7.8 km4
Borehamwood11.3 km3