Crap Towns / Cotswold / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Cotswold?

Cotswold council recorded 11.0 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 922, with the highway the most common spot. Of those, 51 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £14,400 to clear. It issued 22 fixed penalty notices, 2 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13261
2013-14319
2014-15349
2015-16298
2016-17322
2017-18360
2018-19425
2019-20528
2020-21914
2021-221,007
2022-231,092
2023-24972
2024-25922
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway427
Not recorded395
Footpaths and bridleways52
Private and residential land24
Farmland10
Commercial and industrial land5
Back alleys4
Council land4
Rivers, streams and their banks1
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Not recorded421
Other household rubbish156
White goods122
Tyres45
Black bags from homes44
Building, demolition and excavation waste35
Garden waste28
Other business waste26
Chemical drums, oil and fuel15
Vehicle parts13
Other electrical6
Asbestos5
Animal carcasses3
Black bags from businesses3
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag0
A single item197
A car boot or less234
A small van load213
A transit van load104
A tipper lorry load37
Significant or multiple loads14
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Swindon13.0
Cotswold11.0
West Oxfordshire9.5
Stroud8.9
South Gloucestershire7.1
Cherwell7.0
Tewkesbury7.0
Wychavon6.7
Wiltshire5.5
Stratford-on-Avon3.4
The typical English council11.0