Crap Towns / Shoreham-by-Sea / Pollution incidents
How often does Shoreham-by-Sea get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Shoreham-by-Sea or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in May 2025 and put crude sewage in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| March 2018 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Lancing and Sompting | 4.0 km | 6 |
| Worthing | 9.3 km | 6 |
| Burgess Hill | 16.7 km | 5 |
| Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint | 13.4 km | 3 |
| Southwick | 2.4 km | 3 |
| Brighton and Hove | 11.4 km | 2 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | – | 2 |
| Storrington | 14.4 km | 2 |