Crap Towns / Breckland / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Breckland?

Breckland council recorded 5.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 46% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 830, with council land the most common spot. Of those, 39 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £6,100 to clear. It issued 24 fixed penalty notices, 5 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-131,336
2013-141,614
2014-151,426
2015-161,255
2016-171,060
2017-18804
2018-191,009
2019-20984
2020-211,103
2021-22975
2022-23760
2023-24915
2024-25830
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land344
The highway244
Footpaths and bridleways121
Farmland76
Back alleys23
Not recorded9
Commercial and industrial land4
Private and residential land3
Railway land3
Rivers, streams and their banks3
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish442
Building, demolition and excavation waste94
Black bags from homes87
Tyres63
White goods45
Garden waste40
Other business waste16
Black bags from businesses13
Other electrical11
Vehicle parts7
Chemical drums, oil and fuel6
Clinical waste4
Animal carcasses1
Asbestos1
Not recorded0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag14
A single item106
A car boot or less365
A small van load271
A transit van load35
A tipper lorry load33
Significant or multiple loads6
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Norwich37.8
King's Lynn and West Norfolk11.6
Broadland6.6
Breckland5.9
East Cambridgeshire5.3
South Norfolk4.8
North Norfolk4.0
West Suffolk1.6
The typical English council11.0