Crap Towns / Glasgow City / Street cleanliness
How clean are the streets in Glasgow City?
In 2025-26, 82.3% of the streets checked in the Glasgow City council area passed as clean, 11% lower than Scotland's 92.2%. That is down from 95.1% in 2010-11.
The Duke of Wellington's had a traffic cone on his head outside the Gallery of Modern Art for forty years. Nobody's cleared that either.
| Year | Here | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 95.1% | 95.4% |
| 2011-12 | 96.1% | 96.1% |
| 2012-13 | 93.2% | 95.8% |
| 2013-14 | 94.4% | 96.1% |
| 2014-15 | 94.8% | 93.9% |
| 2015-16 | 91.7% | 93.4% |
| 2016-17 | 90.7% | 93.9% |
| 2017-18 | 87.5% | 92.2% |
| 2018-19 | 86.7% | 92.8% |
| 2019-20 | 85.4% | 92.2% |
| 2020-21 | 82.5% | 90.1% |
| 2021-22 | 86.0% | 89.7% |
| 2022-23 | 84.2% | 90.6% |
| 2023-24 | 86.5% | 92.1% |
| 2024-25 | 86.3% | 91.7% |
| 2025-26 | 82.3% | 92.2% |
| Council | % of streets passed as clean, 2025-26 |
|---|---|
| Glasgow City | 82.3% |
| North Lanarkshire | 87.9% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 90.9% |
| Renfrewshire | 93.5% |
| South Lanarkshire | 94.0% |
| East Renfrewshire | 95.3% |
| Across Scotland | 92.2% |