Crap Towns / Liverpool / Pollution incidents
How often does Liverpool get polluted?
14 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Liverpool or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 62nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in September 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Commercial waste turned up in 4 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| July 2025 | Heavy metals, hydrocarbons, inorganic chemical or product and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| January 2024 | Household waste | In the air | Significant |
| February 2023 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| October 2021 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| July 2020 | Building rubble and general biodegradable material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| August 2018 | Acids | On the land | Significant |
| April 2018 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2017 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| March 2017 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| July 2016 | Commercial waste | On the land and in the air | Major |
| June 2016 | Commercial waste | On the land and in the air | Major |
| June 2016 | Commercial waste | On the land and in the air | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bootle | 7.1 km | 16 |
| Liverpool | – | 14 |
| Kirkby | 8.3 km | 9 |
| Crosby | 11.0 km | 8 |
| Litherland | 8.7 km | 8 |
| Bebington | 9.4 km | 3 |
| Birkenhead | 9.6 km | 3 |
| Huyton with Roby | 4.5 km | 3 |
| Prescot | 8.9 km | 3 |
| Aintree | 8.0 km | 2 |
| Wallasey | 9.1 km | 1 |