Crap Towns / Fenland / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Fenland?

Fenland council recorded 10.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,640, most of them on the highway. Of those, 148 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £18,370 to clear. It issued 14 fixed penalty notices, 2 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13791
2013-14798
2014-151,021
2015-161,029
2016-171,428
2017-181,775
2018-191,829
2019-201,522
2020-211,300
2021-221,062
2022-23608
2023-241,104
2024-251,640
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway859
Footpaths and bridleways342
Council land180
Back alleys95
Not recorded70
Farmland51
Railway land14
Rivers, streams and their banks14
Private and residential land13
Commercial and industrial land2
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish380
Not recorded342
Black bags from homes279
Building, demolition and excavation waste156
Garden waste151
Tyres70
Other electrical63
White goods58
Animal carcasses36
Chemical drums, oil and fuel32
Other business waste28
Vehicle parts26
Black bags from businesses13
Asbestos5
Clinical waste1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag95
A single item391
A car boot or less418
A small van load411
A transit van load177
A tipper lorry load46
Significant or multiple loads102
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Peterborough47.2
South Holland19.3
Huntingdonshire14.4
King's Lynn and West Norfolk11.6
Fenland10.9
South Kesteven8.5
South Cambridgeshire5.9
East Cambridgeshire5.3
The typical English council11.0