Crap Towns / Leighton Buzzard / Pollution incidents
How often does Leighton Buzzard get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Leighton Buzzard or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in July 2025 and put specific waste material on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Specific waste material | On the land | Significant |
| May 2025 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| October 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| October 2017 | Natural organic material | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bletchley | 9.5 km | 16 |
| Milton Keynes | 14.7 km | 12 |
| Aylesbury | 15.6 km | 5 |
| Leighton Buzzard | – | 4 |
| Houghton Regis | 9.7 km | 2 |
| Tring | 13.6 km | 1 |
| Winslow | 15.4 km | 1 |