Crap Towns / Bath and North East Somerset / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Bath and North East Somerset?

Bath and North East Somerset council recorded 11.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,057, with the highway the most common spot. Of those, 24 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £4,040 to clear. It issued 178 fixed penalty notices, 57 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

A dumped bath in Bath. That's the council's spa brochure buggered.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	636
2013-14	413
2014-15	530
2015-16	1,035
2016-17	860
2017-18	1,160
2018-19	1,809
2019-20	2,169
2020-21	2,966
2021-22	1,917
2022-23	2,101
2023-24	2,348
2024-25	2,057

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	655
Council land	648
Footpaths and bridleways	415
Not recorded	150
Back alleys	82
Private and residential land	60
Farmland	35
Rivers, streams and their banks	8
Commercial and industrial land	4
Railway land	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	767
Black bags from homes	419
Building, demolition and excavation waste	235
Not recorded	182
Other business waste	133
Garden waste	105
Vehicle parts	60
White goods	45
Black bags from businesses	36
Other electrical	29
Tyres	16
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	12
Asbestos	10
Clinical waste	7
Animal carcasses	1

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	248
A single item	419
A car boot or less	704
A small van load	506
A transit van load	156
A tipper lorry load	23
Significant or multiple loads	1

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Bristol	20.5
Bath and North East Somerset	11.2
North Somerset	9.1
South Gloucestershire	7.1
Somerset	6.2
Wiltshire	5.5
The typical English council	11.0