Crap Towns / Birmingham / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Birmingham?

Birmingham council recorded 17.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.5 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 24,664, most of them on the highway. Of those, 3,462 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £2,102,890 to clear. It issued 153 fixed penalty notices, 1 of them a littering fixed penalty notice issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 9 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-1314,043
2013-1416,186
2014-1514,203
2015-1612,348
2016-1714,799
2017-1815,993
2018-1917,575
2019-2021,761
2020-2122,750
2021-2223,153
2022-2315,807
2023-2417,823
2024-2524,664
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway24,064
Footpaths and bridleways231
Council land182
Commercial and industrial land137
Back alleys32
Farmland14
Railway land3
Private and residential land1
Not recorded0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish13,968
Black bags from homes5,529
White goods1,484
Animal carcasses1,156
Black bags from businesses816
Garden waste523
Building, demolition and excavation waste466
Other business waste332
Other electrical137
Tyres109
Vehicle parts61
Chemical drums, oil and fuel45
Asbestos27
Clinical waste11
Not recorded0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag1,658
A single item4,109
A car boot or less2,418
A small van load5,709
A transit van load7,308
A tipper lorry load3,285
Significant or multiple loads177
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Sandwell35.9
Walsall17.9
Solihull17.2
Birmingham17.0
Bromsgrove16.1
North Warwickshire15.4
Lichfield3.8
The typical English council11.0