Crap Towns / Redditch / Pollution incidents
How often does Redditch get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Redditch or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in April 2024 and put diesel in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| July 2023 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| March 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| October 2022 | Hydrocarbons and detergent | In the water | Significant |
| September 2021 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| June 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| January 2020 | Firefighting run-off | In the air | Significant |
| August 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2018 | Alkalis | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Redditch | – | 9 |
| Solihull | 15.1 km | 8 |
| Droitwich Spa | 15.5 km | 6 |
| Bromsgrove | 9.1 km | 2 |
| Catshill | 10.5 km | 2 |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 15.6 km | 2 |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | 18.7 km | 2 |
| Alcester | 9.8 km | 1 |