Crap Towns / Liverpool / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Liverpool?

Liverpool council recorded 43.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 4.0 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 20,300, most of them on the highway. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	17,843
2013-14	17,882
2014-15	16,179
2015-16	20,016
2016-17	20,832
2017-18	20,576
2018-19	20,210
2019-20	20,780
2020-21	24,326
2021-22	18,976
2022-23	23,404
2023-24	20,003
2024-25	20,300

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	15,959
Back alleys	4,341
Commercial and industrial land	0
Council land	0
Farmland	0
Footpaths and bridleways	0
Not recorded	0
Private and residential land	0
Railway land	0
Rivers, streams and their banks	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	9,602
Black bags from homes	5,608
White goods	1,866
Building, demolition and excavation waste	1,062
Black bags from businesses	791
Garden waste	659
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	455
Tyres	155
Animal carcasses	37
Vehicle parts	31
Clinical waste	27
Asbestos	7
Not recorded	0
Other business waste	0
Other electrical	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	0
A single item	0
A car boot or less	0
A small van load	6,875
A transit van load	11,549
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Liverpool	43.7
Wirral	15.9
Knowsley	15.8
Sefton	13.9
The typical English council	11.0