Crap Towns / Enfield / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Enfield?

Enfield council recorded 22.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.1 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 9,218, most of them on the highway. Of those, 57 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £8,151 to clear. It issued 4,712 fixed penalty notices, 4,103 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 185 prosecutions.

Enfield had the world's first cash machine. Its fly-tippers still won't pay to use the tip.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-1317,871
2013-1431,692
2014-1550,121
2015-1670,930
2016-1775,614
2017-183,900
2018-195,164
2019-204,979
2020-217,289
2021-225,462
2022-235,505
2023-247,598
2024-259,218
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway8,945
Not recorded124
Council land61
Private and residential land30
Commercial and industrial land27
Rivers, streams and their banks17
Footpaths and bridleways7
Back alleys6
Farmland1
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish4,488
Black bags from homes1,732
Black bags from businesses1,554
Not recorded477
White goods402
Building, demolition and excavation waste188
Garden waste142
Other business waste127
Vehicle parts51
Other electrical30
Chemical drums, oil and fuel22
Asbestos3
Animal carcasses1
Clinical waste1
Tyres0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag98
A single item461
A car boot or less1,858
A small van load6,069
A transit van load444
A tipper lorry load41
Significant or multiple loads16
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Hackney118
Haringey70.2
Waltham Forest34.5
Epping Forest23.4
Enfield22.6
Barnet21.8
Broxbourne13.2
Hertsmere11.0
The typical English council11.0