Crap Towns / Gloucester / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Gloucester? Gloucester council recorded 10.6 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 1,531, most of them on the highway. Of those, 27 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £3,105 to clear. It issued 60 fixed penalty notices and brought 1 prosecution.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 1,258 2013-14 1,915 2014-15 1,994 2015-16 2,240 2016-17 1,626 2017-18 1,267 2018-19 1,584 2019-20 1,591 2020-21 1,675 2021-22 1,175 2022-23 1,360 2023-24 1,336 2024-25 1,531
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 1,384 Council land 78 Back alleys 31 Rivers, streams and their banks 21 Footpaths and bridleways 13 Private and residential land 2 Farmland 1 Not recorded 1 Commercial and industrial land 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,060 Black bags from homes 137 White goods 102 Building, demolition and excavation waste 75 Other business waste 73 Garden waste 29 Not recorded 18 Vehicle parts 14 Tyres 11 Other electrical 9 Clinical waste 2 Animal carcasses 1 Asbestos 0 Black bags from businesses 0 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 33 A single item 550 A car boot or less 351 A small van load 432 A transit van load 138 A tipper lorry load 27 Significant or multiple loads 0
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