Crap Towns / Crosby / Pollution incidents
How often does Crosby get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Crosby or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in October 2024 and put algae in the water. Noise turned up in 6 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| October 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water and 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 |
| September 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| July 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| May 2019 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bootle | 4.0 km | 16 |
| Liverpool | 11.0 km | 14 |
| Kirkby | 9.5 km | 9 |
| Crosby | – | 8 |
| Litherland | 2.4 km | 8 |
| Birkenhead | 11.8 km | 3 |
| Maghull | 6.1 km | 3 |
| Aintree | 5.4 km | 2 |
| Lydiate | 6.8 km | 2 |
| Wallasey | 8.3 km | 1 |