Crap Towns / Crawley / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Crawley? Crawley council recorded 15.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 45% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,298, most of them on council land. It issued 45 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 1,233 2013-14 1,758 2014-15 1,608 2015-16 1,505 2016-17 1,315 2017-18 1,093 2018-19 1,006 2019-20 1,049 2020-21 1,464 2021-22 1,732 2022-23 1,449 2023-24 1,906 2024-25 2,298
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Council land 1,813 Private and residential land 153 Not recorded 107 Footpaths and bridleways 97 The highway 75 Back alleys 32 Commercial and industrial land 14 Rivers, streams and their banks 7 Farmland 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,077 Not recorded 283 Black bags from homes 250 Building, demolition and excavation waste 239 Garden waste 131 White goods 94 Other business waste 64 Other electrical 60 Vehicle parts 27 Black bags from businesses 20 Tyres 20 Asbestos 17 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 8 Clinical waste 7 Animal carcasses 1
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 46 A single item 277 A car boot or less 631 A small van load 849 A transit van load 495 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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