Crap Towns / Greenwich / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Greenwich? Greenwich council recorded 45.8 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 4.2 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 16,638. It issued 179 fixed penalty notices, 78 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 5,170 2013-14 12,765 2014-15 14,324 2015-16 10,712 2016-17 7,960 2017-18 8,411 2018-19 15,897 2019-20 11,795 2020-21 4,376 2021-22 8,666 2022-23 9,524 2023-24 13,516 2024-25 16,638
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Not recorded 10,080 Footpaths and bridleways 4,663 The highway 1,191 Back alleys 696 Commercial and industrial land 6 Council land 2 Farmland 0 Private and residential land 0 Railway land 0 Rivers, streams and their banks 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Not recorded 10,814 Other household rubbish 5,034 Black bags from homes 194 Building, demolition and excavation waste 171 White goods 149 Garden waste 87 Black bags from businesses 70 Other business waste 57 Vehicle parts 46 Tyres 14 Clinical waste 1 Other electrical 1 Animal carcasses 0 Asbestos 0 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 246 A single item 2,666 A car boot or less 11,757 A small van load 530 A transit van load 218 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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