Crap Towns / Southwick / Pollution incidents
How often does Southwick get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Southwick or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2026 and put flies in the air.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| 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 | 6.5 km | 6 |
| Worthing | 11.8 km | 6 |
| Burgess Hill | 15.4 km | 5 |
| Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint | 12.2 km | 3 |
| Southwick | – | 3 |
| Brighton and Hove | 9.0 km | 2 |
| Lewes | 17.3 km | 2 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 2.4 km | 2 |
| Storrington | 16.3 km | 2 |