Crap Towns / Epsom and Ewell / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Epsom and Ewell? Epsom and Ewell council recorded 5.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 49% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 452, most of them on footpaths and bridleways. It issued 4 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 572 2013-14 533 2014-15 625 2015-16 749 2016-17 919 2017-18 932 2018-19 941 2019-20 855 2020-21 828 2021-22 524 2022-23 472 2023-24 423 2024-25 452
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Footpaths and bridleways 280 Council land 93 Private and residential land 21 Back alleys 20 The highway 16 Farmland 11 Rivers, streams and their banks 5 Not recorded 4 Commercial and industrial land 2 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 196 Not recorded 81 White goods 41 Black bags from homes 38 Other business waste 24 Other electrical 22 Building, demolition and excavation waste 15 Garden waste 14 Black bags from businesses 9 Tyres 6 Vehicle parts 3 Animal carcasses 1 Asbestos 1 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 1 Clinical waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 10 A single item 85 A car boot or less 54 A small van load 266 A transit van load 37 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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