Crap Towns / Hillingdon / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Hillingdon?

Hillingdon council recorded 27.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.5 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 9,846, with footpaths and bridleways the most common spot. Of those, 1,149 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £1,015,755 to clear. It issued 106 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	4,506
2013-14	1,995
2014-15	1,817
2015-16	7,267
2016-17	7,766
2017-18	7,181
2018-19	10,677
2019-20	10,434
2020-21	9,323
2021-22	6,967
2022-23	5,517
2023-24	10,099
2024-25	9,846

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
Footpaths and bridleways	3,745
Council land	2,624
Not recorded	1,364
The highway	1,008
Private and residential land	491
Back alleys	431
Commercial and industrial land	84
Rivers, streams and their banks	61
Farmland	34
Railway land	4

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	5,413
Black bags from homes	1,666
Building, demolition and excavation waste	730
Not recorded	519
Other business waste	505
White goods	293
Garden waste	205
Black bags from businesses	199
Other electrical	130
Vehicle parts	69
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	50
Tyres	39
Animal carcasses	14
Clinical waste	14
Asbestos	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	493
A single item	824
A car boot or less	1,449
A small van load	2,545
A transit van load	1,514
A tipper lorry load	606
Significant or multiple loads	543

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Hounslow	90.9
Ealing	50.1
Harrow	45.6
Hillingdon	27.7
Spelthorne	13.7
Slough	11.6
Buckinghamshire	7.1
Three Rivers	4.7
The typical English council	11.0