Crap Towns / Hastings / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Hastings?

Hastings council recorded 16.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.5 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,529, most of them on the highway. It issued 28 fixed penalty notices, 7 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	3,464
2013-14	2,063
2014-15	1,434
2015-16	1,899
2016-17	2,306
2017-18	1,886
2018-19	1,791
2019-20	1,147
2020-21	1,055
2021-22	574
2022-23	1,555
2023-24	1,541
2024-25	1,529

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	1,529
Back alleys	0
Commercial and industrial land	0
Council land	0
Farmland	0
Footpaths and bridleways	0
Not recorded	0
Private and residential land	0
Railway land	0
Rivers, streams and their banks	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	1,190
Building, demolition and excavation waste	123
Other electrical	88
White goods	76
Other business waste	17
Garden waste	14
Vehicle parts	11
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	8
Tyres	2
Animal carcasses	0
Asbestos	0
Black bags from businesses	0
Black bags from homes	0
Clinical waste	0
Not recorded	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	3
A single item	0
A car boot or less	672
A small van load	854
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
Hastings	16.9
Folkestone and Hythe	16.7
Ashford	9.7
Rother	8.9
Eastbourne	8.1
Wealden	4.1
The typical English council	11.0