Crap Towns / Killingworth / Pollution incidents
How often does Killingworth get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Killingworth 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 January 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the air. Soil and clay turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| June 2023 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| April 2021 | Inorganic chemical or product and organic chemical or product | In the water | Major |
| May 2018 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2018 | Soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| February 2018 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 6.3 km | 14 |
| Longbenton | 1.9 km | 9 |
| Cramlington | 5.5 km | 8 |
| Killingworth | – | 6 |
| Tynemouth | 7.5 km | 2 |
| Wallsend | 5.6 km | 2 |
| Wideopen | 3.6 km | 2 |
| Hebburn | 8.2 km | 1 |