Crap Towns / Mole Valley / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Mole Valley?

Mole Valley council recorded 6.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 37% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 644, most of them on the highway. Of those, 8 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £2,800 to clear. It issued 5 fixed penalty notices, 3 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

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Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13865
2013-14847
2014-15489
2015-16–
2016-17533
2017-18515
2018-19507
2019-20654
2020-21579
2021-22511
2022-23538
2023-24625
2024-25644
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway498
Private and residential land49
Footpaths and bridleways40
Council land23
Back alleys18
Commercial and industrial land12
Rivers, streams and their banks4
Farmland0
Not recorded0
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish252
Building, demolition and excavation waste81
Black bags from homes75
Other business waste67
Garden waste42
White goods41
Chemical drums, oil and fuel19
Vehicle parts18
Tyres17
Other electrical11
Asbestos6
Black bags from businesses6
Clinical waste5
Not recorded4
Animal carcasses0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag16
A single item141
A car boot or less210
A small van load187
A transit van load82
A tipper lorry load8
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Reigate and Banstead32.1
Woking12.4
Elmbridge9.6
Guildford9.0
Mole Valley6.9
Epsom and Ewell5.6
The typical English council11.0