Crap Towns / Hoddesdon / Pollution incidents
How often does Hoddesdon get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Hoddesdon or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in December 2025 and put crude sewage on the land. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Crude sewage | On the land | Major |
| October 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| November 2021 | Fuel oil | In the water | Significant |
| January 2020 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| January 2020 | Fuel oil | In the water | Significant |
| October 2019 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Enfield | 13.1 km | 39 |
| Harlow | 8.8 km | 7 |
| Hoddesdon | – | 6 |
| Cheshunt | 6.1 km | 5 |
| Loughton | 13.2 km | 3 |
| Ware | 6.2 km | 3 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 12.3 km | 2 |
| Waltham Abbey | 8.0 km | 2 |
| Hertford | 6.7 km | 1 |
| Waltham Cross | 7.8 km | 1 |