Crap Towns / Hyndburn / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Hyndburn? Hyndburn council recorded 33.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 3.0 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,631, most of them on back alleys. Of those, 121 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £176,000 to clear. It issued 163 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 1,138 2013-14 1,462 2014-15 1,030 2015-16 2,232 2016-17 2,983 2017-18 2,229 2018-19 2,613 2019-20 2,829 2020-21 3,308 2021-22 2,534 2022-23 2,634 2023-24 2,925 2024-25 2,631
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Back alleys 1,675 Footpaths and bridleways 386 Council land 281 Not recorded 135 The highway 103 Farmland 20 Private and residential land 17 Commercial and industrial land 10 Rivers, streams and their banks 3 Railway land 1
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,196 Black bags from homes 775 Not recorded 268 Building, demolition and excavation waste 129 White goods 94 Other business waste 56 Asbestos 29 Other electrical 29 Tyres 18 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 17 Vehicle parts 11 Black bags from businesses 5 Animal carcasses 3 Clinical waste 1 Garden waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 275 A single item 222 A car boot or less 107 A small van load 1,112 A transit van load 460 A tipper lorry load 66 Significant or multiple loads 55
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