Crap Towns / Islington / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Islington?

Islington council recorded 9.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 16% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,330, most of them on the highway. Of those, 2 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £400 to clear. It issued 772 fixed penalty notices, 64 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-132,231
2013-142,634
2014-153,166
2015-164,174
2016-173,011
2017-182,588
2018-191,434
2019-201,764
2020-211,982
2021-221,404
2022-231,292
2023-241,347
2024-253,330
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway2,835
Footpaths and bridleways338
Council land50
Back alleys47
Commercial and industrial land42
Private and residential land17
Railway land1
Farmland0
Not recorded0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish1,554
Not recorded545
Black bags from homes361
Other business waste181
Building, demolition and excavation waste180
White goods156
Garden waste133
Vehicle parts60
Other electrical43
Black bags from businesses41
Chemical drums, oil and fuel33
Tyres30
Clinical waste10
Animal carcasses2
Asbestos1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag121
A single item63
A car boot or less1,580
A small van load1,473
A transit van load91
A tipper lorry load2
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
City of London270
Camden163
Westminster125
Hackney118
Haringey70.2
Southwark66.5
Hammersmith and Fulham60.9
Kensington and Chelsea51.2
Waltham Forest34.5
Tower Hamlets30.8
Islington9.2
The typical English council11.0