Crap Towns / Cheltenham / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Cheltenham? Cheltenham council recorded 11.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,205, with the highway the most common spot. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 470 2013-14 463 2014-15 474 2015-16 150 2016-17 678 2017-18 368 2018-19 207 2019-20 246 2020-21 453 2021-22 854 2022-23 1,292 2023-24 1,502 2024-25 1,205
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 531 Council land 511 Footpaths and bridleways 103 Private and residential land 20 Back alleys 17 Not recorded 13 Rivers, streams and their banks 7 Farmland 2 Commercial and industrial land 1 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 785 Black bags from homes 176 Other business waste 60 White goods 56 Not recorded 54 Garden waste 21 Other electrical 16 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 13 Black bags from businesses 9 Tyres 7 Clinical waste 3 Vehicle parts 3 Building, demolition and excavation waste 2 Animal carcasses 0 Asbestos 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 184 A single item 36 A car boot or less 199 A small van load 657 A transit van load 119 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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