Crap Towns / Kirklees / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Kirklees?

Kirklees council recorded 19.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.8 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 10,120. Of those, 600 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £149,196 to clear. It issued 53 fixed penalty notices and brought 12 prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	661
2013-14	378
2014-15	335
2015-16	354
2016-17	3,318
2017-18	4,145
2018-19	5,161
2019-20	5,891
2020-21	8,599
2021-22	6,436
2022-23	7,182
2023-24	8,317
2024-25	10,120

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
Not recorded	5,909
The highway	3,346
Council land	556
Footpaths and bridleways	210
Back alleys	51
Private and residential land	34
Commercial and industrial land	7
Farmland	4
Rivers, streams and their banks	2
Railway land	1

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Not recorded	6,126
Other household rubbish	2,159
Black bags from homes	620
Building, demolition and excavation waste	295
White goods	283
Garden waste	199
Other business waste	195
Vehicle parts	118
Black bags from businesses	62
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	18
Animal carcasses	15
Clinical waste	14
Other electrical	13
Asbestos	3
Tyres	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	12
A single item	565
A car boot or less	776
A small van load	3,209
A transit van load	808
A tipper lorry load	294
Significant or multiple loads	306

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Bradford	32.7
Oldham	22.9
Barnsley	20.2
Kirklees	19.7
Wakefield	16.7
Leeds	15.6
Tameside	15.2
Calderdale	6.3
The typical English council	11.0