Crap Towns / Crawley / Pollution incidents
How often does Crawley get polluted?
15 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Crawley or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 58th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 4 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in August 2026 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| January 2026 | Contaminated building rubble, contaminated soil and soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| September 2025 | Asbestos, commercial waste, electrical equipment, household waste and tyres | On the land | Significant |
| September 2025 | Contaminated soil | On the land | Significant |
| May 2025 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| September 2023 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| September 2023 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| July 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| November 2019 | Diesel | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| October 2017 | Sewage material | In the water | Major |
| September 2016 | Dust and soil and clay | In the air | Significant |
| August 2016 | Soil and clay | In the air | Significant |
| July 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Crawley | – | 15 |
| Horley | 6.6 km | 12 |
| Redhill | 12.7 km | 8 |
| Horsham | 11.1 km | 6 |
| Reigate | 13.7 km | 3 |
| South Merstham | 16.0 km | 3 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 14.0 km | 1 |
| Crawley Down | 7.2 km | 1 |
| East Grinstead | 11.8 km | 1 |
| Haywards Heath | 14.1 km | 1 |
| Southwater | 15.2 km | 1 |