Crap Towns / Newport / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Newport?

Newport council recorded 45.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 4.4 times the typical Welsh council's 10.3. In 2024-25 it recorded 7,318, most of them on the highway. Of those, 65 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £23,240 to clear. It issued 313 fixed penalty notices and brought 6 prosecutions.

Dumping a sofa in Caerleon won't make it separate from Newport. It's still under the same bloody council.

Over time
YearIncidents
2006-07133
2007-081,637
2008-093,455
2009-104,015
2010-112,648
2011-122,014
2012-131,982
2013-141,578
2014-151,828
2015-161,811
2016-173,258
2017-183,588
2018-192,697
2019-202,725
2020-214,060
2021-227,621
2022-236,264
2023-248,139
2024-257,318
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway6,398
Back alleys399
Council land398
Footpaths and bridleways102
Not recorded8
Private and residential land5
Rivers, streams and their banks5
Farmland2
Commercial and industrial land1
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Black bags from homes3,074
Other household rubbish3,055
Building, demolition and excavation waste606
White goods226
Other business waste128
Garden waste62
Vehicle parts52
Tyres45
Other electrical21
Not recorded16
Chemical drums, oil and fuel12
Black bags from businesses11
Asbestos6
Clinical waste3
Animal carcasses1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag239
A single item675
A car boot or less3,127
A small van load2,361
A transit van load847
A tipper lorry load16
Significant or multiple loads49
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Newport45.4
Caerphilly14.3
Torfaen10.2
Monmouthshire6.9
The typical Welsh council10.3