Crap Towns / Buckinghamshire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Buckinghamshire?

Buckinghamshire council recorded 7.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 35% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 4,198, most of them on the highway. Of those, 109 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £38,180 to clear. It issued 35 fixed penalty notices, 3 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 9 prosecutions.

A sofa in a Chiltern lane. Countryside seating, says the filthy sod who dumped it.

Over time
YearIncidents
2020-213,954
2021-223,140
2022-233,293
2023-244,272
2024-254,198
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway3,659
Council land357
Footpaths and bridleways167
Commercial and industrial land8
Back alleys3
Private and residential land2
Not recorded1
Railway land1
Farmland0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish2,006
Building, demolition and excavation waste440
Other business waste421
Black bags from homes383
White goods227
Tyres175
Garden waste149
Vehicle parts90
Chemical drums, oil and fuel78
Not recorded78
Black bags from businesses60
Other electrical53
Asbestos36
Clinical waste2
Animal carcasses0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag26
A single item407
A car boot or less869
A small van load1,931
A transit van load856
A tipper lorry load106
Significant or multiple loads3
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
West Northamptonshire42.8
Hillingdon27.7
Milton Keynes15.9
Runnymede14.4
Spelthorne13.7
Dacorum12.0
Slough11.6
Windsor and Maidenhead8.8
Buckinghamshire7.1
South Oxfordshire5.1
Three Rivers4.7
The typical English council11.0