Crap Towns / Doncaster / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Doncaster?

Doncaster council recorded 8.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 27% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,937, most of them on council land. Of those, 389 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £137,440 to clear. It issued 137 fixed penalty notices, 70 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 34 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-135,168
2013-145,309
2014-154,498
2015-163,489
2016-173,476
2017-183,252
2018-192,873
2019-201,373
2020-211,177
2021-223,674
2022-232,632
2023-242,797
2024-251,937
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land1,113
The highway262
Footpaths and bridleways249
Back alleys185
Not recorded82
Private and residential land34
Commercial and industrial land5
Rivers, streams and their banks4
Farmland3
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish861
Black bags from homes339
Building, demolition and excavation waste235
Garden waste113
Not recorded96
White goods84
Other business waste64
Black bags from businesses46
Vehicle parts28
Other electrical27
Tyres26
Asbestos15
Clinical waste2
Chemical drums, oil and fuel1
Animal carcasses0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag372
A single item0
A car boot or less381
A small van load560
A transit van load235
A tipper lorry load260
Significant or multiple loads129
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Rotherham20.3
Barnsley20.2
Bassetlaw17.1
Wakefield16.7
Doncaster8.0
East Riding of Yorkshire3.2
The typical English council11.0