Crap Towns / Huntingdonshire / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Huntingdonshire? Huntingdonshire council recorded 14.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 31% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,560, most of them on council land. Of those, 4 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £2,250 to clear. It issued 10 fixed penalty notices and brought 2 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 352 2013-14 367 2014-15 499 2015-16 640 2016-17 692 2017-18 683 2018-19 1,072 2019-20 542 2020-21 2,351 2021-22 1,247 2022-23 1,152 2023-24 3,078 2024-25 3,560
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Council land 2,735 The highway 546 Footpaths and bridleways 120 Private and residential land 70 Back alleys 58 Not recorded 17 Farmland 11 Rivers, streams and their banks 2 Commercial and industrial land 1 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 2,202 Black bags from homes 664 Garden waste 207 White goods 115 Other electrical 87 Tyres 69 Vehicle parts 66 Building, demolition and excavation waste 59 Other business waste 59 Animal carcasses 29 Black bags from businesses 1 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 1 Clinical waste 1 Asbestos 0 Not recorded 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 309 A single item 616 A car boot or less 1,290 A small van load 869 A transit van load 472 A tipper lorry load 4 Significant or multiple loads 0
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