Crap Towns / Sunderland / Pollution incidents
How often does Sunderland get polluted?
7 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Sunderland or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 164th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in February 2025 and put noise in the air. Smoke turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| August 2024 | Smoke | On the land | Significant |
| July 2021 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| June 2020 | Commercial waste, household waste, non-metal wastes and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| December 2016 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| November 2016 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| January 2016 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunderland | – | 7 |
| Jarrow | 8.6 km | 5 |
| Washington | 6.8 km | 5 |
| Boldon Colliery | 6.2 km | 4 |
| South Shields | 8.3 km | 4 |
| Fence Houses | 8.9 km | 2 |
| Houghton-le-Spring | 8.3 km | 2 |
| East Boldon and West Boldon | 5.1 km | 1 |
| Shiney Row and Penshaw | 6.4 km | 1 |