Crap Towns / Milton Keynes / Pollution incidents
How often does Milton Keynes get polluted?
12 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Milton Keynes or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 79th 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 natural ochre in the water. Unidentified oil turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Natural ochre | In the water | Significant |
| May 2025 | Petrol | In the water | Significant |
| March 2025 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2024 | Oil or fuel | In the water | Significant |
| May 2024 | Pesticides | In the water | Major |
| July 2023 | Fuel oil | In the water | Significant |
| December 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | Fertiliser | In the water | Significant |
| March 2021 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| November 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bletchley | 5.3 km | 16 |
| Milton Keynes | – | 12 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 14.7 km | 4 |
| Marston Moretaine | 15.1 km | 1 |
| Newport Pagnell | 5.6 km | 1 |
| Winslow | 13.1 km | 1 |