Crap Towns / Redbridge / Pollution incidents
How often does Redbridge get polluted?
11 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Redbridge or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 92nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2026 and put algae in the water. Unidentified oil turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| February 2026 | Commercial waste and electrical equipment | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| June 2025 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| March 2025 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| February 2025 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| January 2025 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| September 2024 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | On the land | Significant |
| June 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| October 2021 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| May 2021 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| February 2019 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Havering | 10.3 km | 32 |
| Waltham Forest | 6.2 km | 27 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 6.1 km | 24 |
| Newham | 7.1 km | 14 |
| Redbridge | – | 11 |
| Hackney | 10.3 km | 10 |
| Tower Hamlets | 10.9 km | 7 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 5.3 km | 3 |
| Loughton | 7.3 km | 3 |
| Waltham Abbey | 12.3 km | 2 |