Crap Towns / Sheffield / Pollution incidents
How often does Sheffield get polluted?
33 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Sheffield or within 1 km of it since 2016, the 10th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in March 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 5 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| May 2024 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| December 2023 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| August 2023 | Minewater and animal matter | In the water | Significant |
| July 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| March 2023 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| July 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| May 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| February 2022 | Natural ochre | In the water | Significant |
| February 2022 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| February 2022 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| December 2021 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| April 2021 | Firefighting run-off | In the air | Significant |
| January 2021 | Commercial waste and building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| December 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| October 2020 | Solvents | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| October 2020 | Solvents | On the land and in the air | Major |
| April 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| February 2020 | Minewater | In the water | Significant |
| January 2020 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| December 2019 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| October 2019 | Rocks and gravel | In the water | Significant |
| October 2019 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2019 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| June 2019 | Algae | In the water | Major |
| May 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| November 2018 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| October 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| September 2018 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| March 2018 | Minewater | In the water | Significant |
| October 2017 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| September 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| September 2017 | Minewater | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | – | 33 |
| Rotherham | 9.6 km | 9 |
| Rawmarsh | 12.5 km | 3 |
| Eckington | 9.6 km | 2 |
| Killamarsh | 11.3 km | 2 |
| Swallownest and Aston | 9.6 km | 1 |
| Waverley and Catcliffe | 6.1 km | 1 |