Crap Towns / Kingswinford / Pollution incidents
How often does Kingswinford get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Kingswinford or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2025 and put waste oil in the water. Landfill odour turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| March 2025 | Landfill odour, atmospheric pollutant or effect and suspended solids | In the air | Significant |
| November 2024 | Clinical waste, commercial waste, household waste and tyres | On the land | Major |
| August 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2021 | Landfill leachate | In the water | Major |
| May 2018 | Specific waste material and smoke | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Kingswinford | – | 6 |
| Brierley Hill | 3.3 km | 5 |
| Stourbridge | 4.8 km | 5 |
| Dudley | 4.5 km | 4 |
| Coseley | 6.2 km | 2 |
| Cradley Heath | 6.6 km | 2 |
| Halesowen | 7.4 km | 2 |
| Rowley Regis | 7.6 km | 2 |
| Sedgley | 4.1 km | 2 |
| Blackheath | 8.1 km | 1 |
| Wombourne | 5.2 km | 1 |