Crap Towns / Lambeth / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Lambeth?

Lambeth council recorded 39.8 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 3.6 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 21,220, most of them on footpaths and bridleways. Of those, 1,897 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £666,820 to clear. It issued 925 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

Call it St Reatham if you like. The mattress on the high road isn't fooled.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-131,454
2013-141,206
2014-154,056
2015-162,493
2016-173,427
2017-183,433
2018-195,379
2019-206,638
2020-215,040
2021-225,205
2022-235,951
2023-2410,787
2024-2521,220
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Footpaths and bridleways15,436
Council land2,197
The highway1,528
Not recorded806
Private and residential land715
Railway land250
Back alleys149
Commercial and industrial land139
Farmland0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish10,151
Black bags from homes2,832
Not recorded2,763
White goods1,511
Building, demolition and excavation waste1,016
Other business waste853
Black bags from businesses775
Garden waste552
Other electrical405
Chemical drums, oil and fuel105
Vehicle parts95
Tyres75
Clinical waste54
Asbestos33
Animal carcasses0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag552
A single item2,927
A car boot or less4,670
A small van load9,124
A transit van load2,050
A tipper lorry load1,610
Significant or multiple loads287
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
City of London270
Westminster125
Lewisham94.7
Merton75.8
Southwark66.5
Hammersmith and Fulham60.9
Kensington and Chelsea51.2
Lambeth39.8
Tower Hamlets30.8
Wandsworth17.0
Islington9.2
The typical English council11.0