Crap Towns / Haringey / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Haringey?

Haringey council recorded 70.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 6.4 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 16,915, with the highway the most common spot. It issued 1,226 fixed penalty notices, 121 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	12,398
2013-14	31,045
2014-15	25,709
2015-16	34,975
2016-17	33,333
2017-18	23,549
2018-19	21,320
2019-20	22,972
2020-21	21,950
2021-22	20,056
2022-23	22,198
2023-24	16,508
2024-25	16,915

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	7,293
Not recorded	5,188
Footpaths and bridleways	3,435
Council land	898
Back alleys	60
Private and residential land	30
Commercial and industrial land	10
Railway land	1
Farmland	0
Rivers, streams and their banks	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Not recorded	6,821
White goods	3,224
Other household rubbish	2,504
Building, demolition and excavation waste	2,213
Garden waste	868
Other electrical	433
Asbestos	363
Tyres	319
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	102
Vehicle parts	46
Animal carcasses	22
Black bags from businesses	0
Black bags from homes	0
Clinical waste	0
Other business waste	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	63
A single item	902
A car boot or less	10,853
A small van load	4,296
A transit van load	801
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
City of London	270
Camden	163
Westminster	125
Hackney	118
Haringey	70.2
Waltham Forest	34.5
Tower Hamlets	30.8
Epping Forest	23.4
Enfield	22.6
Barnet	21.8
Islington	9.2
The typical English council	11.0