Crap Towns / Northampton / Pollution incidents
How often does Northampton get polluted?
12 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Northampton or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 79th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in May 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the air. Diesel turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| May 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2021 | Food and drink | In the water | Significant |
| April 2020 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| July 2018 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| October 2017 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| July 2017 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| July 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| April 2017 | Tyres | On the land | Significant |
| May 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| May 2016 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingborough | 15.2 km | 14 |
| Rushden | 21.1 km | 13 |
| Northampton | – | 12 |
| Kettering | 21.3 km | 7 |
| Burton Latimer | 20.2 km | 3 |
| Towcester | 13.7 km | 3 |
| Earls Barton | 10.5 km | 2 |
| Brixworth | 9.8 km | 1 |
| Daventry | 18.8 km | 1 |
| Newport Pagnell | 20.8 km | 1 |