Crap Towns / Colchester / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Colchester? Colchester council recorded 15.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 38% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 4,348, most of them on the highway. It issued 134 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 1,104 2013-14 1,895 2014-15 1,349 2015-16 1,502 2016-17 1,591 2017-18 2,628 2018-19 2,056 2019-20 1,649 2020-21 2,357 2021-22 2,824 2022-23 2,457 2023-24 1,962 2024-25 4,348
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 3,177 Council land 854 Footpaths and bridleways 154 Back alleys 95 Not recorded 46 Rivers, streams and their banks 15 Farmland 7 Commercial and industrial land 0 Private and residential land 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 2,210 Black bags from homes 889 Not recorded 306 Black bags from businesses 204 Other business waste 177 Building, demolition and excavation waste 168 White goods 128 Garden waste 125 Other electrical 47 Tyres 40 Vehicle parts 24 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 19 Asbestos 9 Clinical waste 2 Animal carcasses 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 28 A single item 27 A car boot or less 43 A small van load 3,302 A transit van load 948 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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