Crap Towns / Camden / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Camden? Camden council recorded 163 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 14.8 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 36,216. It issued 1,169 fixed penalty notices, 5 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 11,477 2013-14 10,950 2014-15 8,308 2015-16 7,268 2016-17 6,778 2017-18 12,170 2018-19 25,765 2019-20 34,465 2020-21 36,696 2021-22 32,517 2022-23 31,457 2023-24 34,786 2024-25 36,216
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Not recorded 35,707 Footpaths and bridleways 432 The highway 73 Commercial and industrial land 3 Council land 1 Back alleys 0 Farmland 0 Private and residential land 0 Railway land 0 Rivers, streams and their banks 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Not recorded 33,433 Black bags from homes 1,029 Other household rubbish 1,002 Black bags from businesses 301 Other business waste 120 Building, demolition and excavation waste 97 Other electrical 75 Garden waste 74 Asbestos 38 White goods 23 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 13 Tyres 9 Animal carcasses 2 Clinical waste 0 Vehicle parts 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 7,407 A single item 10,475 A car boot or less 10,517 A small van load 7,817 A transit van load 0 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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