Crap Towns / Cheshire West and Chester / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Cheshire West and Chester?

Cheshire West and Chester council recorded 8.3 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 25% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 4,017. Of those, 352 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £123,270 to clear. It issued 129 fixed penalty notices, 7 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 7 prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	2,692
2013-14	3,389
2014-15	3,932
2015-16	3,638
2016-17	4,160
2017-18	3,997
2018-19	4,068
2019-20	3,722
2020-21	5,731
2021-22	4,762
2022-23	2,340
2023-24	2,524
2024-25	4,017

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
Not recorded	1,503
Back alleys	856
The highway	610
Footpaths and bridleways	515
Council land	285
Railway land	84
Commercial and industrial land	52
Private and residential land	49
Rivers, streams and their banks	39
Farmland	24

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Not recorded	1,524
Black bags from homes	599
Other business waste	546
Black bags from businesses	537
Other household rubbish	530
White goods	56
Building, demolition and excavation waste	38
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	35
Garden waste	29
Animal carcasses	26
Asbestos	25
Other electrical	25
Vehicle parts	20
Tyres	17
Clinical waste	10

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	400
A single item	520
A car boot or less	833
A small van load	876
A transit van load	1,036
A tipper lorry load	345
Significant or multiple loads	7

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Wirral	15.9
Cheshire East	10.0
Cheshire West and Chester	8.3
Warrington	7.0
Halton	3.7
The typical English council	11.0