Crap Towns / Cardiff / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Cardiff? Cardiff council recorded 17.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.7 times the typical Welsh council's 10.3. In 2024-25 it recorded 5,593, most of them on the highway. Of those, 120 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £22,385 to clear. It issued 392 fixed penalty notices and brought 18 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2006-07 21,792 2007-08 26,537 2008-09 18,453 2009-10 11,497 2010-11 11,485 2011-12 11,288 2012-13 10,912 2013-14 6,106 2014-15 3,905 2015-16 6,214 2016-17 7,993 2017-18 5,928 2018-19 5,219 2019-20 5,378 2020-21 6,896 2021-22 7,494 2022-23 7,044 2023-24 5,931 2024-25 5,593
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 4,608 Council land 673 Back alleys 303 Private and residential land 4 Not recorded 2 Rivers, streams and their banks 2 Commercial and industrial land 1 Farmland 0 Footpaths and bridleways 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 3,786 Black bags from homes 641 White goods 417 Building, demolition and excavation waste 298 Other business waste 100 Garden waste 75 Tyres 69 Other electrical 61 Black bags from businesses 58 Vehicle parts 33 Asbestos 20 Not recorded 18 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 15 Clinical waste 2 Animal carcasses 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 80 A single item 1,821 A car boot or less 1,577 A small van load 1,309 A transit van load 686 A tipper lorry load 120 Significant or multiple loads 0
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