Crap Towns / Leicester / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Leicester? Leicester council recorded 19.3 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 6,966, most of them on the highway. It issued 230 fixed penalty notices, 17 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 7,896 2013-14 6,592 2014-15 8,416 2015-16 9,442 2016-17 8,716 2017-18 8,512 2018-19 7,997 2019-20 7,633 2020-21 9,999 2021-22 8,321 2022-23 7,016 2023-24 7,342 2024-25 6,966
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 6,378 Council land 323 Commercial and industrial land 187 Footpaths and bridleways 35 Not recorded 25 Private and residential land 17 Back alleys 1 Farmland 0 Railway land 0 Rivers, streams and their banks 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 4,611 Black bags from homes 1,402 White goods 420 Building, demolition and excavation waste 210 Other electrical 97 Not recorded 85 Tyres 80 Vehicle parts 58 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 3 Animal carcasses 0 Asbestos 0 Black bags from businesses 0 Clinical waste 0 Garden waste 0 Other business waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 225 A single item 2,319 A car boot or less 2,273 A small van load 1,925 A transit van load 224 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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