Crap Towns / East Suffolk / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in East Suffolk?

East Suffolk council recorded 7.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 31% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,155, with back alleys the most common spot. Of those, 1 was a tipper-lorry load or bigger, which cost £600 to clear. It issued 31 fixed penalty notices, 16 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

All that port infrastructure at Felixstowe and some bastard still delivers his bathroom to a hedge.

Over time
YearIncidents
2019-201,594
2020-212,252
2021-221,891
2022-231,595
2023-241,827
2024-252,155
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Back alleys614
Footpaths and bridleways472
The highway455
Council land313
Not recorded153
Farmland54
Private and residential land47
Commercial and industrial land27
Rivers, streams and their banks19
Railway land1
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish1,135
Black bags from homes248
Building, demolition and excavation waste153
Not recorded122
Garden waste116
Other business waste87
White goods80
Other electrical72
Tyres52
Vehicle parts25
Black bags from businesses21
Chemical drums, oil and fuel19
Asbestos18
Animal carcasses4
Clinical waste3
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag87
A single item438
A car boot or less419
A small van load978
A transit van load232
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads1
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Norwich37.8
Great Yarmouth33.6
East Suffolk7.6
Ipswich7.4
South Norfolk4.8
Babergh4.3
Mid Suffolk4.0
Tendring3.5
The typical English council11.0