Crap Towns / Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council recorded 8.8 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 20% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 4,966, most of them on the highway. It issued 71 fixed penalty notices, 6 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2019-20	1,705
2020-21	2,791
2021-22	1,971
2022-23	2,840
2023-24	2,792
2024-25	4,966

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	4,949
Not recorded	17
Back alleys	0
Commercial and industrial land	0
Council land	0
Farmland	0
Footpaths and bridleways	0
Private and residential land	0
Railway land	0
Rivers, streams and their banks	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	4,122
White goods	347
Building, demolition and excavation waste	199
Other electrical	149
Other business waste	99
Garden waste	50
Animal carcasses	0
Asbestos	0
Black bags from businesses	0
Black bags from homes	0
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	0
Clinical waste	0
Not recorded	0
Tyres	0
Vehicle parts	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	0
A single item	2,036
A car boot or less	1,192
A small van load	943
A transit van load	795
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	8.8
New Forest	6.5
Dorset	4.2
The typical English council	11.0