Crap Towns / Newham / Pollution incidents
How often does Newham get polluted?
14 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Newham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 62nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in January 2025 and put unidentified oil in the water. Unidentified oil turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| June 2023 | Sludge | In the water | Significant |
| February 2023 | Grey water | In the water | Significant |
| February 2020 | Soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| November 2019 | Sludge | In the water | Significant |
| November 2019 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| January 2019 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2018 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| July 2018 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| July 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| October 2016 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2016 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| June 2016 | Vermin | On the land | Significant |
| April 2016 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest | 8.2 km | 27 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 6.9 km | 24 |
| Newham | – | 14 |
| Lewisham | 9.6 km | 11 |
| Redbridge | 7.1 km | 11 |
| Hackney | 7.5 km | 10 |
| Greenwich | 6.0 km | 9 |
| Southwark | 9.7 km | 9 |
| Tower Hamlets | 5.2 km | 7 |
| City of London | 9.1 km | 1 |