Crap Towns / Gateshead / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Gateshead? Gateshead council recorded 27.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.5 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 5,232. Of those, 466 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £155,950 to clear. It issued 10 fixed penalty notices and brought 8 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 5,035 2013-14 7,286 2014-15 9,089 2015-16 10,702 2016-17 11,826 2017-18 9,448 2018-19 7,886 2019-20 7,804 2020-21 9,513 2021-22 5,644 2022-23 4,925 2023-24 5,741 2024-25 5,232
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Not recorded 2,077 Back alleys 1,426 Council land 976 Footpaths and bridleways 552 The highway 201 Commercial and industrial land 0 Farmland 0 Private and residential land 0 Railway land 0 Rivers, streams and their banks 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 2,010 Not recorded 1,065 Black bags from homes 960 Building, demolition and excavation waste 391 White goods 323 Black bags from businesses 203 Garden waste 175 Asbestos 38 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 29 Other electrical 14 Tyres 11 Vehicle parts 10 Clinical waste 2 Other business waste 1 Animal carcasses 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 11 A single item 1,002 A car boot or less 1,378 A small van load 1,572 A transit van load 802 A tipper lorry load 323 Significant or multiple loads 143
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