Croydon council recorded 95.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 8.7 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 53,268, most of them on footpaths and bridleways. Of those, 1,585 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £585,584 to clear. It issued 23 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Croydon's been promised a Westfield for years. The dumped sofas have been waiting for it too.