Crap Towns / Kensington and Chelsea / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Kensington and Chelsea?

Kensington and Chelsea council recorded 51.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 4.7 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 7,613, most of them on the highway. It issued 2,163 fixed penalty notices, 2,049 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-136,075
2013-146,934
2014-156,603
2015-166,105
2016-179,029
2017-189,852
2018-196,836
2019-206,490
2020-218,043
2021-228,569
2022-237,263
2023-247,153
2024-257,613
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway7,599
Private and residential land14
Back alleys0
Commercial and industrial land0
Council land0
Farmland0
Footpaths and bridleways0
Not recorded0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Black bags from homes4,642
Other household rubbish2,202
Other business waste224
Building, demolition and excavation waste189
White goods110
Black bags from businesses92
Other electrical60
Garden waste52
Chemical drums, oil and fuel34
Tyres5
Vehicle parts3
Animal carcasses0
Asbestos0
Clinical waste0
Not recorded0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag1,886
A single item877
A car boot or less3,786
A small van load963
A transit van load101
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
City of London270
Camden163
Westminster125
Brent76.7
Southwark66.5
Hammersmith and Fulham60.9
Kensington and Chelsea51.2
Ealing50.1
Lambeth39.8
Wandsworth17.0
Islington9.2
The typical English council11.0