Crap Towns / Bromley / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Bromley?

Bromley council recorded 15.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 40% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 6,981, most of them on the highway. Of those, 163 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £31,832 to clear. It issued 31 fixed penalty notices, 8 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 6 prosecutions.

Crystal Palace Park has Victorian dinosaurs. Some of the fridges dumped round Bromley look older.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-132,495
2013-142,809
2014-153,377
2015-163,343
2016-173,246
2017-183,067
2018-193,172
2019-202,821
2020-213,575
2021-223,558
2022-233,626
2023-244,619
2024-256,981
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway5,480
Council land549
Footpaths and bridleways432
Not recorded402
Private and residential land36
Rivers, streams and their banks33
Back alleys23
Commercial and industrial land17
Farmland5
Railway land4
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish5,226
White goods317
Black bags from homes305
Other business waste296
Garden waste230
Building, demolition and excavation waste190
Not recorded176
Animal carcasses59
Vehicle parts51
Other electrical41
Tyres32
Chemical drums, oil and fuel25
Black bags from businesses18
Asbestos15
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag41
A single item917
A car boot or less152
A small van load4,085
A transit van load1,623
A tipper lorry load100
Significant or multiple loads63
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Croydon95.2
Lewisham94.7
Southwark66.5
Greenwich45.8
Bexley15.9
Bromley15.4
Tandridge10.9
Sevenoaks8.1
The typical English council11.0