A new study reveals that UK councils have spent a collective total of £99 million fixing potholes. In London alone, councils have spent a combined £17.9 million in 2020. But with a staggering 39,810 potholes reported across the UK in 2020, and 8,200 of these in London, numbers are still rising.
After sending out a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to over 20 London borough councils, GoCompare Car has revealed the biggest offenders for potholes.
Ealing is London’s pothole hotspot with over 8,000 recorded in the last 3 years
|
Rank |
London Borough |
Area of London |
Total Reported (2018-2020) |
|
1 |
Ealing |
West |
8,850 |
|
2 |
Sutton |
South |
7,675 |
|
3 |
Brent |
North West |
5,492 |
|
4 |
Hackney |
North East |
5,398 |
|
5 |
Barnet |
North |
5,376 |
|
6 |
Redbridge |
East |
3,580 |
|
7 |
Hounslow |
West |
3,011 |
|
8 |
Hillingdon |
West |
2,015 |
|
9 |
Merton |
South West |
2,015 |
|
10 |
Bexley |
South East |
1,578 |
|
11 |
Enfield |
North |
1,467 |
|
12 |
Richmond-upon-Thames |
South West |
1,440 |
|
13 |
Haringey |
North |
1,387 |
|
14 |
Richmond & Wandsworth |
South West |
1,170 |
|
15 |
Newham |
East |
1,010 |
|
16 |
Westminster |
West |
720 |
|
17 |
Lewisham |
South East |
650 |
|
18 |
City of London |
Inner London |
597 |
|
19 |
Tower Hamlets |
East |
419 |
|
20 |
Lambeth |
South |
418 |
|
21 |
Islington |
North East |
396 |
|
22 |
Royal Greenwich |
South East |
199 |
|
23 |
Hammersmith & Fulham |
West |
141 |
Ealing is listed as London’s pothole hotspot for the sheer number of holes in its roads. Sutton placed second with a whopping 7,675 potholes reported over the three year span. The North West borough of Brent was third with 5,492 reported potholes.
Hammersmith and Fulham reported the least out of London’s boroughs with just 141 potholes in the past three years. Royal Greenwich also reported lower numbers at 199.
