Crap Towns / Central Bedfordshire / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Central Bedfordshire? Central Bedfordshire council recorded 9.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 16% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,031, most of them on the highway. Of those, 93 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £74,066 to clear. It issued 21 fixed penalty notices and brought 10 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 1,306 2013-14 1,319 2014-15 1,376 2015-16 1,428 2016-17 1,153 2017-18 947 2018-19 1,049 2019-20 786 2020-21 670 2021-22 2,485 2022-23 2,509 2023-24 2,552 2024-25 3,031
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 2,157 Council land 706 Footpaths and bridleways 122 Back alleys 37 Rivers, streams and their banks 5 Commercial and industrial land 3 Private and residential land 1 Farmland 0 Not recorded 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,458 Building, demolition and excavation waste 377 Other business waste 263 Garden waste 256 Black bags from homes 187 White goods 165 Tyres 77 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 61 Vehicle parts 59 Black bags from businesses 46 Other electrical 28 Asbestos 27 Not recorded 14 Animal carcasses 8 Clinical waste 5
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 13 A single item 530 A car boot or less 531 A small van load 1,140 A transit van load 724 A tipper lorry load 89 Significant or multiple loads 4
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