Crap Towns / Kingston upon Hull / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Kingston upon Hull?

Kingston upon Hull council recorded 30.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.8 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 13,663, most of them on footpaths and bridleways. Of those, 933 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £107,525 to clear. It issued 289 fixed penalty notices, 45 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 108 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-134,457
2013-143,858
2014-153,462
2015-164,368
2016-175,276
2017-184,476
2018-193,936
2019-205,945
2020-216,044
2021-224,305
2022-234,673
2023-246,147
2024-2513,663
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Footpaths and bridleways9,196
Council land3,476
Back alleys326
Private and residential land235
The highway207
Not recorded145
Farmland64
Commercial and industrial land11
Rivers, streams and their banks2
Railway land1
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish8,755
Black bags from homes2,629
Not recorded800
White goods582
Other electrical259
Building, demolition and excavation waste223
Black bags from businesses121
Other business waste118
Tyres101
Garden waste66
Asbestos5
Chemical drums, oil and fuel2
Clinical waste2
Animal carcasses0
Vehicle parts0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag496
A single item3,115
A car boot or less4,137
A small van load3,735
A transit van load1,247
A tipper lorry load930
Significant or multiple loads3
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Kingston upon Hull30.6
North East Lincolnshire13.8
North Lincolnshire5.3
East Riding of Yorkshire3.2
The typical English council11.0