Crap Towns / Harrow / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Harrow?

Harrow council recorded 45.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 4.1 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 13,925. It issued 1,260 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	6,228
2013-14	8,429
2014-15	7,072
2015-16	8,462
2016-17	6,835
2017-18	9,626
2018-19	13,658
2019-20	11,151
2020-21	7,622
2021-22	9,802
2022-23	9,222
2023-24	12,609
2024-25	13,925

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
Not recorded	13,925
Back alleys	0
Commercial and industrial land	0
Council land	0
Farmland	0
Footpaths and bridleways	0
Private and residential land	0
Railway land	0
Rivers, streams and their banks	0
The highway	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	7,352
Black bags from homes	5,827
Other electrical	440
Vehicle parts	159
White goods	143
Building, demolition and excavation waste	2
Asbestos	1
Clinical waste	1
Animal carcasses	0
Black bags from businesses	0
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	0
Garden waste	0
Not recorded	0
Other business waste	0
Tyres	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	5,141
A single item	0
A car boot or less	4,315
A small van load	4,468
A transit van load	0
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Brent	76.7
Ealing	50.1
Harrow	45.6
Hillingdon	27.7
Barnet	21.8
Watford	12.5
Hertsmere	11.0
Three Rivers	4.7
The typical English council	11.0