Crap Towns / Lancaster / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Lancaster? Lancaster council recorded 23.5 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.1 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,190, most of them on back alleys. Of those, 472 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £166,850 to clear. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 8,975 2013-14 6,341 2014-15 3,717 2015-16 2,750 2016-17 3,765 2017-18 4,006 2018-19 2,708 2019-20 1,942 2020-21 2,827 2021-22 3,736 2022-23 3,953 2023-24 2,928 2024-25 3,190
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Back alleys 1,719 Council land 618 Footpaths and bridleways 610 The highway 130 Farmland 42 Private and residential land 40 Rivers, streams and their banks 20 Not recorded 7 Railway land 3 Commercial and industrial land 1
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,699 Black bags from homes 554 Building, demolition and excavation waste 297 White goods 213 Not recorded 125 Other electrical 80 Garden waste 59 Tyres 57 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 35 Black bags from businesses 23 Animal carcasses 15 Vehicle parts 12 Other business waste 11 Clinical waste 6 Asbestos 4
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 0 A single item 407 A car boot or less 515 A small van load 1,250 A transit van load 546 A tipper lorry load 307 Significant or multiple loads 165
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