Crap Towns / East Riding of Yorkshire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in East Riding of Yorkshire?

East Riding of Yorkshire council recorded 3.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 71% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,082, most of them on the highway. Of those, 65 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £16,400 to clear. It issued 19 fixed penalty notices, 3 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 18 prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	586
2013-14	990
2014-15	980
2015-16	1,296
2016-17	1,525
2017-18	1,356
2018-19	1,346
2019-20	1,442
2020-21	1,287
2021-22	1,147
2022-23	1,119
2023-24	1,059
2024-25	1,082

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	739
Council land	148
Back alleys	103
Footpaths and bridleways	76
Private and residential land	9
Rivers, streams and their banks	4
Commercial and industrial land	1
Not recorded	1
Railway land	1
Farmland	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	457
Not recorded	115
Black bags from homes	114
Building, demolition and excavation waste	87
Black bags from businesses	61
White goods	59
Other business waste	42
Garden waste	35
Other electrical	31
Tyres	28
Vehicle parts	23
Asbestos	16
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	6
Animal carcasses	5
Clinical waste	3

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	19
A single item	142
A car boot or less	273
A small van load	467
A transit van load	116
A tipper lorry load	48
Significant or multiple loads	17

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Kingston upon Hull	30.6
North East Lincolnshire	13.8
York	10.0
Doncaster	8.0
North Lincolnshire	5.3
North Yorkshire	5.0
East Riding of Yorkshire	3.2
The typical English council	11.0