Crap Towns / Hitchin / Pollution incidents
How often does Hitchin get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Hitchin or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in September 2024 and put smoke in the air. Smoke turned up in 5 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| July 2024 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| July 2024 | Sewage material | In the water | Significant |
| October 2022 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| September 2022 | Oil or fuel | In the water | Significant |
| June 2021 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| July 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2019 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| May 2018 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Hitchin | – | 9 |
| Letchworth | 4.4 km | 6 |
| Luton | 12.4 km | 4 |
| Stevenage | 7.4 km | 3 |
| Baldock | 6.9 km | 2 |
| Stotfold | 7.3 km | 2 |
| Harpenden | 16.2 km | 1 |