Crap Towns / Elmbridge / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Elmbridge?

Elmbridge council recorded 9.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 13% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,468, most of them on the highway. It issued 46 fixed penalty notices, 32 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13635
2013-14657
2014-15656
2015-16940
2016-17828
2017-181,195
2018-191,435
2019-201,592
2020-211,692
2021-221,318
2022-231,212
2023-241,297
2024-251,468
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway1,201
Private and residential land115
Footpaths and bridleways52
Council land42
Back alleys41
Commercial and industrial land16
Rivers, streams and their banks1
Farmland0
Not recorded0
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish533
Building, demolition and excavation waste204
Not recorded199
Black bags from homes196
White goods120
Garden waste88
Other business waste52
Chemical drums, oil and fuel30
Other electrical13
Tyres10
Vehicle parts9
Asbestos7
Clinical waste4
Black bags from businesses2
Animal carcasses1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag149
A single item266
A car boot or less400
A small van load458
A transit van load195
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Richmond upon Thames23.4
Kingston upon Thames17.9
Runnymede14.4
Spelthorne13.7
Woking12.4
Elmbridge9.6
Guildford9.0
Mole Valley6.9
Epsom and Ewell5.6
The typical English council11.0