Crap Towns / Great Yarmouth / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Great Yarmouth?

Great Yarmouth council recorded 33.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 3.1 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 7,720, most of them on council land. Of those, 1 was a tipper-lorry load or bigger, which cost £350 to clear. It issued 64 fixed penalty notices, 2 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 4 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-137,193
2013-145,015
2014-155,493
2015-166,588
2016-177,993
2017-186,407
2018-191,555
2019-201,491
2020-212,146
2021-221,869
2022-231,171
2023-241,153
2024-257,720
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land4,132
Back alleys1,928
Footpaths and bridleways859
The highway732
Private and residential land18
Not recorded17
Farmland13
Rivers, streams and their banks10
Railway land6
Commercial and industrial land5
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish3,642
Black bags from homes1,478
White goods674
Not recorded620
Other electrical583
Building, demolition and excavation waste189
Black bags from businesses147
Other business waste146
Garden waste95
Tyres66
Vehicle parts41
Animal carcasses23
Clinical waste9
Chemical drums, oil and fuel6
Asbestos1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag1,137
A single item3,984
A car boot or less1,774
A small van load713
A transit van load111
A tipper lorry load1
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Norwich37.8
Great Yarmouth33.6
East Suffolk7.6
Broadland6.6
South Norfolk4.8
North Norfolk4.0
The typical English council11.0