Crap Towns / Blaby / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Blaby?

Blaby council recorded 6.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 39% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 710, most of them on the highway. Of those, 71 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £22,740 to clear. It issued 6 fixed penalty notices, 2 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13252
2013-14340
2014-15602
2015-16534
2016-17531
2017-18588
2018-19689
2019-20676
2020-211,289
2021-22802
2022-23627
2023-24722
2024-25710
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway505
Private and residential land74
Footpaths and bridleways52
Commercial and industrial land31
Council land22
Not recorded11
Back alleys6
Rivers, streams and their banks5
Farmland3
Railway land1
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish323
Black bags from homes107
Building, demolition and excavation waste60
Not recorded41
White goods41
Other business waste30
Garden waste26
Black bags from businesses25
Tyres24
Other electrical11
Chemical drums, oil and fuel9
Asbestos7
Vehicle parts6
Animal carcasses0
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag89
A single item41
A car boot or less201
A small van load258
A transit van load50
A tipper lorry load53
Significant or multiple loads18
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Leicester19.3
Hinckley and Bosworth7.1
Blaby6.7
Charnwood5.5
Harborough3.6
Oadby and Wigston0.4
The typical English council11.0