Crap Towns / Ipswich / Pollution incidents
How often does Ipswich get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Ipswich or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 4 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in September 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| July 2021 | Smoke | In the air | Major |
| May 2019 | Firefighting run-off | In the air | Significant |
| July 2018 | Urban run-off | In the water | Major |
| July 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| July 2017 | Specific waste material | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | – | 6 |
| Hadleigh | 12.8 km | 3 |
| Needham Market | 13.0 km | 3 |
| Stowmarket | 17.7 km | 2 |
| Walton-on-the-Naze | 24.6 km | 2 |
| Colchester | 24.7 km | 1 |
| Harwich | 16.0 km | 1 |
| Kirby Cross | 24.3 km | 1 |
| Woodbridge | 11.8 km | 1 |