Crap Towns / Milton Keynes / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Milton Keynes? Milton Keynes council recorded 15.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 45% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 4,258, most of them on council land. Of those, 203 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £68,100 to clear. It issued 115 fixed penalty notices and brought 3 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 3,531 2013-14 4,571 2014-15 6,032 2015-16 4,282 2016-17 4,120 2017-18 3,751 2018-19 5,754 2019-20 4,899 2020-21 5,819 2021-22 4,487 2022-23 4,607 2023-24 4,824 2024-25 4,258
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Council land 2,921 Footpaths and bridleways 790 The highway 396 Back alleys 126 Rivers, streams and their banks 21 Private and residential land 4 Commercial and industrial land 0 Farmland 0 Not recorded 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,212 Black bags from homes 1,093 Not recorded 1,002 Building, demolition and excavation waste 269 White goods 180 Black bags from businesses 144 Garden waste 115 Other electrical 92 Vehicle parts 86 Tyres 31 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 15 Clinical waste 11 Asbestos 8 Animal carcasses 0 Other business waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 273 A single item 309 A car boot or less 1,284 A small van load 1,594 A transit van load 595 A tipper lorry load 106 Significant or multiple loads 97
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