Crap Towns / Basingstoke and Deane / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Basingstoke and Deane? Basingstoke and Deane council recorded 14.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 35% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,701, most of them on the highway. Of those, 58 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £20,380 to clear. It issued 22 fixed penalty notices and brought 7 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 2,198 2013-14 1,798 2014-15 1,308 2015-16 1,036 2016-17 2,147 2017-18 2,703 2018-19 2,520 2019-20 4,107 2020-21 2,935 2021-22 2,169 2022-23 2,525 2023-24 3,038 2024-25 2,701
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 2,320 Council land 138 Private and residential land 84 Back alleys 66 Footpaths and bridleways 50 Not recorded 19 Farmland 18 Commercial and industrial land 4 Rivers, streams and their banks 2 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 892 Black bags from homes 486 Building, demolition and excavation waste 409 Garden waste 325 Other business waste 153 Tyres 138 Other electrical 59 White goods 52 Black bags from businesses 51 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 49 Vehicle parts 46 Not recorded 30 Animal carcasses 6 Asbestos 5 Clinical waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 915 A single item 736 A car boot or less 506 A small van load 359 A transit van load 126 A tipper lorry load 50 Significant or multiple loads 8
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