Crap Towns / Rickmansworth / Pollution incidents
How often does Rickmansworth get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Rickmansworth or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in January 2026 and put metal wastes and non-metal wastes in the water. Storm sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Metal wastes and non-metal wastes | In the water | Significant |
| September 2024 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| May 2024 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| March 2019 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Harrow | 9.8 km | 22 |
| Bushey | 7.5 km | 4 |
| Rickmansworth | – | 4 |
| Bovingdon | 10.4 km | 2 |
| Watford | 4.2 km | 2 |
| Little Chalfont | 7.2 km | 1 |
| Moor Park | 2.8 km | 1 |