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How often does Havering get polluted?

32 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Havering or within 1 km of it since 2016, the 11th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in August 2026 and put dust in the air. Dust turned up in 6 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
August 2026DustIn the airSignificant
August 2026DustIn the airSignificant
July 2026DustIn the airSignificant
June 2026DustIn the airSignificant
June 2026Commercial waste and household wasteOn the land and in the airSignificant
June 2026DustIn the airSignificant
March 2026SmokeIn the airSignificant
July 2025An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
July 2025Household wasteOn the land and in the airSignificant
June 2025Chemically contaminated run-off, firefighting run-off, smoke and vehicle and plant washingsIn the airSignificant
September 2024An unidentified pollutantIn the airMajor
July 2024Final effluentIn the waterSignificant
May 2024NoiseIn the airSignificant
February 2024DustIn the airSignificant
December 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
May 2021SmokeIn the airSignificant
March 2021Building rubble, household waste, soil and clay and tyresOn the landSignificant
July 2020An unidentified pollutantOn the landSignificant
November 2019NoiseOn the land and in the airSignificant
May 2019Contaminated building rubbleIn the water and on the landSignificant
May 2019Building rubbleOn the landSignificant
December 2018Building rubbleOn the landSignificant
September 2018Building rubble, contaminated building rubble and electrical equipmentOn the landSignificant
July 2018Contaminated building rubbleOn the landSignificant
December 2017SludgeIn the water and on the landMajor
February 2017Commercial waste and household wasteOn the landSignificant
February 2017Commercial waste and household wasteOn the landSignificant
January 2017Commercial waste and contaminated building rubbleOn the landSignificant
September 2016An unidentified pollutantIn the airSignificant
June 2016FumesIn the airSignificant
March 2016General biodegradable material or wasteIn the airSignificant
March 2016General biodegradable material or waste and smokeIn the airSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Havering–32
Barking and Dagenham6.4 km24
Bexley12.6 km17
Redbridge10.3 km11
Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock10.0 km4
Brentwood8.8 km3
Grays11.8 km3
Purfleet-on-Thames10.2 km3
Aveley7.1 km2
South Ockendon7.6 km1