Storm overflow spills within 2km of where people live, a year, every council ranked
Spills from storm overflows, which let sewage and rainwater out when the sewers are full, within 2km of where people here live, counted England's way. Figures for 2025, published for 328 councils in England and Scotland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 6 councils, 0. The council in the middle: Sefton, 33. Highest: York, 488.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 0 |
| 1 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 0 |
| 1 joint | HillingdonLondon | 0 |
| 1 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 0 |
| 1 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0 |
| 1 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0 |
| 7 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 1 |
| 7 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 1 |
| 7 joint | DartfordSouth East | 1 |
| 7 joint | HackneyLondon | 1 |
| 7 joint | HarlowEast of England | 1 |
| 7 joint | HaveringLondon | 1 |
| 7 joint | IslingtonLondon | 1 |
| 7 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 1 |
| 7 joint | SuttonLondon | 1 |
| 7 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 1 |
| 17 joint | BedfordEast of England | 2 |
| 17 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 2 |
| 17 joint | CamdenLondon | 2 |
| 17 joint | CroydonLondon | 2 |
| 17 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 2 |
| 17 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 2 |
| 17 joint | LewishamLondon | 2 |
| 17 joint | SloughSouth East | 2 |
| 17 joint | ThanetSouth East | 2 |
| 17 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 2 |
| 27 joint | CrawleySouth East | 3 |
| 27 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 3 |
| 27 joint | HounslowLondon | 3 |
| 27 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 3 |
| 27 joint | ReadingSouth East | 3 |
| 27 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 3 |
| 27 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 3 |
| 27 joint | WokingSouth East | 3 |
| 35 joint | BexleyLondon | 4 |
| 35 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 4 |
| 35 joint | GreenwichLondon | 4 |
| 35 joint | HaringeyLondon | 4 |
| 35 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 4 |
| 35 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 4 |
| 35 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 4 |
| 35 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 4 |
| 35 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 4 |
| 35 joint | WorthingSouth East | 4 |
| 45 joint | BromleyLondon | 5 |
| 45 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 5 |
| 45 joint | EnfieldLondon | 5 |
| 45 joint | HavantSouth East | 5 |
| 45 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 5 |
| 45 joint | RochfordEast of England | 5 |
| 45 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 5 |
| 45 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 5 |
| 45 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 5 |
| 45 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 5 |
| 55 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 6 |
| 55 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 6 |
| 55 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 6 |
| 55 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 6 |
| 55 joint | DacorumEast of England | 6 |
| 55 joint | DoverSouth East | 6 |
| 55 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 6 |
| 55 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 6 |
| 55 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 6 |
| 55 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 6 |
| 55 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 6 |
| 66 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 7 |
| 66 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 7 |
| 66 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 7 |
| 66 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 7 |
| 70 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 8 |
| 70 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 8 |
| 70 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 8 |
| 73 joint | BaberghEast of England | 9 |
| 73 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 9 |
| 73 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 9 |
| 73 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 9 |
| 73 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 9 |
| 73 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 9 |
| 79 joint | EalingLondon | 10 |
| 79 joint | HartSouth East | 10 |
| 79 joint | HastingsSouth East | 10 |
| 79 joint | NewhamLondon | 10 |
| 79 joint | OxfordSouth East | 10 |
| 79 joint | Shetland IslandsScotland | 10 |
| 85 joint | BasildonEast of England | 11 |
| 85 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 11 |
| 85 joint | MaldonEast of England | 11 |
| 85 joint | SwindonSouth West | 11 |
| 89 joint | CanterburySouth East | 12 |
| 89 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 12 |
| 91 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 13 |
| 91 joint | LutonEast of England | 13 |
| 91 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 13 |
| 91 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 13 |
| 95 joint | AdurSouth East | 14 |
| 95 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 14 |
| 95 joint | WestminsterLondon | 14 |
| 98 joint | CherwellSouth East | 15 |
| 98 joint | HarrowLondon | 15 |
| 98 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 15 |
| 98 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 15 |
| 98 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 15 |
| 98 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 15 |
| 104 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 16 |
| 104 joint | LambethLondon | 16 |
| 104 joint | MorayScotland | 16 |
| 104 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 16 |
| 104 joint | TendringEast of England | 16 |
| 104 joint | WaverleySouth East | 16 |
| 110 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 17 |
| 110 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 17 |
| 110 joint | New ForestSouth East | 17 |
| 110 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 17 |
| 114 | SolihullWest Midlands | 18 |
| 115 | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 19 |
| 116 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 20 |
| 116 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 20 |
| 118 joint | FenlandEast of England | 21 |
| 118 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 21 |
| 118 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 21 |
| 121 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 22 |
| 121 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 22 |
| 123 joint | ArunSouth East | 23 |
| 123 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 23 |
| 123 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 23 |
| 123 joint | HighlandScotland | 23 |
| 127 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 24 |
| 127 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 24 |
| 129 joint | AngusScotland | 25 |
| 129 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 25 |
| 129 joint | GosportSouth East | 25 |
| 129 joint | HorshamSouth East | 25 |
| 129 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 25 |
| 129 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 25 |
| 135 joint | StroudSouth West | 26 |
| 135 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 26 |
| 137 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 27 |
| 137 joint | EastleighSouth East | 27 |
| 137 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 27 |
| 140 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 28 |
| 140 joint | FarehamSouth East | 28 |
| 140 joint | WandsworthLondon | 28 |
| 143 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 29 |
| 143 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 29 |
| 143 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 29 |
| 146 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 30 |
| 146 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 30 |
| 146 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 30 |
| 146 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 30 |
| 150 joint | BarnetLondon | 31 |
| 150 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 31 |
| 150 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 31 |
| 150 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 31 |
| 150 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 31 |
| 150 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 31 |
| 156 joint | BrentLondon | 32 |
| 156 joint | FyldeNorth West | 32 |
| 156 joint | Orkney IslandsScotland | 32 |
| 156 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 32 |
| 156 joint | SwaleSouth East | 32 |
| 161 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 33 |
| 161 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 33 |
| 161 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 33 |
| 161 joint | SeftonNorth West | 33 |
| 165 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 34 |
| 165 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 34 |
| 165 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 34 |
| 168 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 35 |
| 168 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 35 |
| 168 joint | LewesSouth East | 35 |
| 168 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 35 |
| 172 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 36 |
| 172 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 36 |
| 174 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 37 |
| 174 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 37 |
| 174 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 37 |
| 177 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 38 |
| 177 joint | MertonLondon | 38 |
| 179 joint | AshfordSouth East | 39 |
| 179 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 39 |
| 179 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 39 |
| 182 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 40 |
| 182 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 40 |
| 182 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 40 |
| 185 joint | FifeScotland | 41 |
| 185 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 41 |
| 185 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 41 |
| 185 joint | WyreNorth West | 41 |
| 189 | Forest of DeanSouth West | 42 |
| 190 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 43 |
| 190 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 43 |
| 192 | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 44 |
| 193 | West LancashireNorth West | 45 |
| 194 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 46 |
| 194 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 46 |
| 196 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 47 |
| 196 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 47 |
| 198 | East SuffolkEast of England | 48 |
| 199 | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 49 |
| 200 joint | DorsetSouth West | 50 |
| 200 joint | RotherSouth East | 50 |
| 202 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 52 |
| 202 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 52 |
| 202 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 52 |
| 202 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 52 |
| 206 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 55 |
| 206 joint | City of LondonLondon | 55 |
| 206 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 55 |
| 206 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 55 |
| 210 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 56 |
| 210 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 56 |
| 212 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 58 |
| 212 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 58 |
| 214 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 59 |
| 214 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 59 |
| 216 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 60 |
| 216 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 60 |
| 218 joint | MedwaySouth East | 63 |
| 218 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 63 |
| 220 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 64 |
| 220 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 64 |
| 220 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 64 |
| 220 joint | SomersetSouth West | 64 |
| 220 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 64 |
| 225 joint | WealdenSouth East | 66 |
| 225 joint | West LothianScotland | 66 |
| 227 joint | East LothianScotland | 70 |
| 227 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 70 |
| 229 joint | FalkirkScotland | 71 |
| 229 joint | LancasterNorth West | 71 |
| 231 | MansfieldEast Midlands | 72 |
| 232 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 74 |
| 232 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 74 |
| 234 | Mid SussexSouth East | 77 |
| 235 | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 78 |
| 236 | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 79 |
| 237 | AshfieldEast Midlands | 80 |
| 238 | BolsoverEast Midlands | 81 |
| 239 | ErewashEast Midlands | 82 |
| 240 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 83 |
| 240 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 83 |
| 242 | Glasgow CityScotland | 84 |
| 243 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 86 |
| 243 joint | North DevonSouth West | 86 |
| 243 joint | TorbaySouth West | 86 |
| 246 | StirlingScotland | 89 |
| 247 | MidlothianScotland | 91 |
| 248 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 93 |
| 248 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 93 |
| 250 | Scottish BordersScotland | 94 |
| 251 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 95 |
| 251 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 95 |
| 253 | IpswichEast of England | 97 |
| 254 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 103 |
| 254 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 103 |
| 256 joint | CornwallSouth West | 104 |
| 256 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 104 |
| 256 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 104 |
| 259 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 108 |
| 259 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 108 |
| 259 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 108 |
| 262 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 109 |
| 262 joint | OldhamNorth West | 109 |
| 264 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 111 |
| 264 joint | NorwichEast of England | 111 |
| 264 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 111 |
| 267 | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 113 |
| 268 | NorthumberlandNorth East | 117 |
| 269 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 118 |
| 269 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 118 |
| 271 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 121 |
| 271 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 121 |
| 273 | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 122 |
| 274 joint | East DevonSouth West | 123 |
| 274 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 123 |
| 276 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 124 |
| 276 joint | WirralNorth West | 124 |
| 278 joint | HaltonNorth West | 128 |
| 278 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 128 |
| 280 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 132 |
| 280 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 132 |
| 282 | CumberlandNorth West | 134 |
| 283 | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 135 |
| 284 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 137 |
| 284 joint | South HamsSouth West | 137 |
| 284 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 137 |
| 287 | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 143 |
| 288 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 149 |
| 288 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 149 |
| 290 | North LanarkshireScotland | 150 |
| 291 | HyndburnNorth West | 151 |
| 292 | PendleNorth West | 154 |
| 293 | East AyrshireScotland | 159 |
| 294 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 164 |
| 294 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 164 |
| 296 | ChorleyNorth West | 165 |
| 297 | InverclydeScotland | 166 |
| 298 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 167 |
| 298 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 167 |
| 300 | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 169 |
| 301 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 170 |
| 301 joint | WiganNorth West | 170 |
| 303 | South RibbleNorth West | 172 |
| 304 | PrestonNorth West | 182 |
| 305 | TraffordNorth West | 193 |
| 306 | ExeterSouth West | 196 |
| 307 | High PeakEast Midlands | 198 |
| 308 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 214 |
| 308 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 214 |
| 310 | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 219 |
| 311 | BuryNorth West | 226 |
| 312 | West DevonSouth West | 229 |
| 313 | StockportNorth West | 234 |
| 314 | SalfordNorth West | 241 |
| 315 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 242 |
| 315 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 242 |
| 317 | South TynesideNorth East | 256 |
| 318 | GatesheadNorth East | 263 |
| 319 | BristolSouth West | 273 |
| 320 | RochdaleNorth West | 275 |
| 321 | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 287 |
| 322 | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 318 |
| 323 | TamesideNorth West | 356 |
| 324 | BoltonNorth West | 368 |
| 325 | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 375 |
| 326 | PlymouthSouth West | 425 |
| 327 | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 481 |
| 328 | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 488 |
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Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return 2025; Scottish Water, reported and non reported overflow event data 2025, read at every census area · 2025 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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