Crap Towns / Southwark / Pollution incidents
How often does Southwark get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Southwark 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 August 2026 and put smoke on the land and in the air. Smoke turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | Smoke | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| June 2026 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| May 2025 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| September 2023 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| September 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| September 2019 | General biodegradable material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| September 2019 | Storm sewage | In the water and in the air | Significant |
| June 2017 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| January 2016 | Oil or fuel | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Lewisham | 4.7 km | 11 |
| Hackney | 8.7 km | 10 |
| Greenwich | 9.0 km | 9 |
| Southwark | – | 9 |
| Wandsworth | 8.2 km | 8 |
| Tower Hamlets | 5.4 km | 7 |
| Lambeth | 3.8 km | 5 |
| Westminster | 7.4 km | 5 |
| City of London | 4.6 km | 1 |