Crap Towns / Dacorum / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Dacorum?

Dacorum council recorded 12.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 9% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,899, most of them on council land. Of those, 77 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £15,020 to clear. It issued 55 fixed penalty notices, 18 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13832
2013-141,085
2014-151,091
2015-161,213
2016-171,261
2017-181,165
2018-191,397
2019-201,259
2020-211,470
2021-221,587
2022-231,609
2023-242,059
2024-251,899
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land1,085
The highway657
Back alleys89
Footpaths and bridleways48
Not recorded12
Commercial and industrial land5
Private and residential land2
Railway land1
Farmland0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish1,067
Other business waste166
Black bags from homes153
Not recorded135
White goods80
Garden waste71
Building, demolition and excavation waste54
Other electrical41
Vehicle parts38
Tyres30
Black bags from businesses25
Asbestos18
Chemical drums, oil and fuel9
Clinical waste9
Animal carcasses3
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag19
A single item211
A car boot or less441
A small van load910
A transit van load239
A tipper lorry load70
Significant or multiple loads7
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Watford12.5
Dacorum12.0
Central Bedfordshire9.2
Buckinghamshire7.1
St Albans4.9
Three Rivers4.7
The typical English council11.0