Crap Towns / Burnley / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Burnley?

Burnley council recorded 37.5 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 3.4 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 4,205, most of them on back alleys. It issued 206 fixed penalty notices, 149 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 12 prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	3,932
2013-14	5,201
2014-15	4,663
2015-16	5,962
2016-17	3,101
2017-18	2,660
2018-19	2,702
2019-20	2,831
2020-21	3,147
2021-22	2,609
2022-23	2,811
2023-24	3,638
2024-25	4,205

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
Back alleys	2,197
Council land	574
Footpaths and bridleways	392
The highway	387
Not recorded	364
Farmland	256
Commercial and industrial land	34
Private and residential land	1
Railway land	0
Rivers, streams and their banks	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	2,115
Black bags from homes	852
Not recorded	525
White goods	284
Building, demolition and excavation waste	143
Other business waste	120
Other electrical	87
Garden waste	24
Tyres	22
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	20
Vehicle parts	13
Animal carcasses	0
Asbestos	0
Black bags from businesses	0
Clinical waste	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	241
A single item	599
A car boot or less	1,195
A small van load	1,314
A transit van load	856
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Pendle	51.2
Burnley	37.5
Hyndburn	33.2
Rossendale	15.2
The typical English council	11.0