Partington

Pay at the bridge, or go the long way round.

Twinned with the stocks on the green

49/100Crap Score

Too small for the table, which starts at 10,000 people, but it still scores 49. Higher scores are crapper.

How the score works

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Crap Town of the Year 2026/27

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You have to pay to leave Partington.

Partington's a long way round from everywhere, and the short way costs you.

Locals call it Partytown. It's boxed in by the Ship Canal and the chemical works at Carrington, and the quick way out is a toll bridge that fines you if the payment doesn't go through. There are still stocks on the village green, and you can see why nobody's bothered taking them down. Nobody's going anywhere.

The storm overflows round Partington spilled for 4,083 hours per 10,000 people a year, nearly fifteen times the typical town. Somebody sets a fire nearly four times as often as in the typical town, and the pool's shut. Some party.

The editor, who paid the toll both ways

What the score is made of

Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.

Partington's 99 for sewage spills means it's crapper than 99% of towns.

Sewage spills99/1004,083 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
Deliberate fires88/10021.2 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
Rain77/100152 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
Serious road collisions63/1002.9 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
Air pollution59/1009.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of fine particles, 2024 average
Fly-tipping39/1009.2 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Trafford council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
Food hygiene27/1000.0% rated 0 to 2, of the 34 food businesses with a rating
Criminal damage and arson27/1005.4 per 1,000 people a year, July 2023 to June 2026
Anti-social behaviour20/10010.3 per 1,000 people a year, July 2023 to June 2026
Broadband11/1001.6% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 6.0% across the Trafford council area

**Your patch: Greater Manchester**Towns in the same county. Top of the table is crappest.
Pos	Town	National	Score
56	Ashton-in-Makerfield	482nd	51
57	Hazel Grove	488th	50
58	Cheadle	492nd	50
59	Standish	501st	49
–	Partington	–	49
60	Hale	559th	43
61	Romiley	567th	42
62	Urmston	570th	42
63	Sale	594th	40

Partington by numbers

Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.

Crime, muck and dodgy water

What's left on the high street

Getting about, getting online, getting rained on

Trafford council

Have a crap-off

Partington against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.

Against

PartingtonCrap Score 49

IrlamCrap Score 83

Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.