Crap Towns / Exeter / Pollution incidents
How often does Exeter get polluted?
11 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Exeter or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 92nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in April 2026 and put microbiological in the water. Diesel turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| February 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| December 2022 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| October 2022 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2021 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| March 2017 | Petrol | On the land | Significant |
| March 2017 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2016 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| February 2016 | Fuel oil | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Exeter | – | 11 |
| Exmouth | 13.1 km | 5 |
| Crediton | 12.4 km | 4 |
| Ottery St Mary | 17.0 km | 3 |
| Cullompton | 17.5 km | 1 |
| Dawlish | 14.6 km | 1 |
| Teignmouth | 17.9 km | 1 |