Crap Towns / Horsham / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Horsham?

Horsham council recorded 9.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 17% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,464, most of them on the highway. Of those, 101 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £38,683 to clear. It issued 71 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13446
2013-14527
2014-15515
2015-16595
2016-17737
2017-18792
2018-191,018
2019-201,066
2020-211,470
2021-221,102
2022-231,212
2023-241,340
2024-251,464
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway781
Council land229
Footpaths and bridleways171
Not recorded105
Private and residential land77
Farmland35
Rivers, streams and their banks29
Back alleys19
Commercial and industrial land17
Railway land1
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish322
Not recorded302
Building, demolition and excavation waste202
Black bags from homes183
Garden waste126
Black bags from businesses85
Tyres70
Other business waste34
Chemical drums, oil and fuel32
Other electrical32
Asbestos23
Vehicle parts23
White goods18
Animal carcasses8
Clinical waste4
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag234
A single item0
A car boot or less301
A small van load592
A transit van load236
A tipper lorry load101
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Reigate and Banstead32.1
Crawley15.9
Adur11.2
Arun9.7
Horsham9.1
Mole Valley6.9
Chichester6.9
Waverley5.9
Worthing5.5
Mid Sussex3.0
The typical English council11.0