Crap Towns / Coventry / Pollution incidents
How often does Coventry get polluted?
11 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Coventry or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 92nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in March 2026 and put building rubble on the land. Diesel turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| December 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| February 2022 | Oil or fuel | In the water | Significant |
| August 2021 | Specific waste material | In the water | Significant |
| August 2021 | Firefighting run-off | In the water | Significant |
| March 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| February 2021 | Diesel | In the water and on the land | Major |
| February 2021 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| June 2018 | Waste oil and smoke | In the water and in the air | Major |
| November 2016 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Coventry | – | 11 |
| Nuneaton | 13.4 km | 4 |
| Warwick | 15.3 km | 4 |
| Balsall Common | 9.8 km | 2 |
| Bedworth | 7.3 km | 2 |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 16.3 km | 2 |
| Royal Leamington Spa | 13.0 km | 2 |
| Whitnash | 16.2 km | 1 |