Crap Towns / Middlesbrough / Pollution incidents
How often does Middlesbrough get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Middlesbrough or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in June 2026 and put crude sewage on the land. Smoke turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| June 2026 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| February 2023 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| March 2022 | Dust | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| November 2021 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| September 2019 | Smoke | On the land and in the air | Major |
| September 2019 | Atmospheric pollutant or effect | In the air | Major |
| July 2018 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| June 2018 | Sulphide odour | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough | – | 9 |
| Billingham | 6.6 km | 7 |
| Eston | 4.3 km | 4 |
| Redcar | 10.9 km | 3 |
| Egglescliffe | 9.6 km | 2 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 7.7 km | 2 |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 5.0 km | 2 |
| Guisborough | 10.4 km | 1 |
| Ingleby Barwick | 7.5 km | 1 |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 13.2 km | 1 |
| Yarm | 10.2 km | 1 |