Crap Towns / Hertsmere / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Hertsmere?

Hertsmere council recorded 11.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,094, most of them on the highway. Of those, 111 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £21,677 to clear. It issued 65 fixed penalty notices, 22 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13293
2013-14422
2014-15552
2015-16652
2016-17800
2017-181,012
2018-191,103
2019-201,240
2020-211,626
2021-221,280
2022-231,105
2023-241,348
2024-251,094
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway643
Council land263
Private and residential land68
Footpaths and bridleways42
Back alleys35
Commercial and industrial land21
Farmland15
Not recorded6
Rivers, streams and their banks1
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish559
Other business waste144
Black bags from homes101
Building, demolition and excavation waste88
White goods61
Not recorded31
Garden waste27
Animal carcasses18
Tyres18
Vehicle parts15
Black bags from businesses14
Other electrical11
Chemical drums, oil and fuel4
Asbestos2
Clinical waste1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag25
A single item95
A car boot or less192
A small van load299
A transit van load101
A tipper lorry load10
Significant or multiple loads101
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Brent76.7
Harrow45.6
Welwyn Hatfield26.1
Enfield22.6
Barnet21.8
Broxbourne13.2
Watford12.5
Hertsmere11.0
St Albans4.9
Three Rivers4.7
The typical English council11.0