Crap Towns / Hounslow / Pollution incidents
How often does Hounslow get polluted?
18 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Hounslow or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 38th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in June 2026 and put storm sewage in the water. Chemically contaminated run-off turned up in 4 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2024 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| February 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| July 2023 | Grey water | In the water | Significant |
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2022 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| August 2022 | Firefighting run-off | On the land | Significant |
| August 2021 | Paint | In the water | Significant |
| June 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| June 2020 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| September 2019 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| June 2018 | Firefighting run-off | In the water | Significant |
| February 2018 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| January 2018 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| October 2017 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| January 2017 | Organic chemical or product | In the water | Significant |
| September 2016 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Hillingdon | 9.8 km | 31 |
| Ealing | 6.5 km | 20 |
| Hounslow | – | 18 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 4.7 km | 8 |
| Ashford Common | 7.4 km | 1 |
| Shepperton | 10.1 km | 1 |
| Stanwell | 7.6 km | 1 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 9.6 km | 1 |