Crap Towns / North Devon / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in North Devon?

North Devon council recorded 6.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 45% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 574, most of them on the highway. It issued 5 fixed penalty notices, 2 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	706
2013-14	530
2014-15	381
2015-16	607
2016-17	726
2017-18	814
2018-19	641
2019-20	625
2020-21	633
2021-22	648
2022-23	640
2023-24	553
2024-25	574

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	308
Council land	82
Footpaths and bridleways	77
Back alleys	33
Not recorded	25
Private and residential land	20
Farmland	13
Commercial and industrial land	8
Rivers, streams and their banks	8
Railway land	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	239
Black bags from homes	97
Building, demolition and excavation waste	52
Other business waste	33
Not recorded	32
White goods	31
Garden waste	19
Vehicle parts	19
Other electrical	17
Black bags from businesses	12
Asbestos	10
Tyres	5
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	4
Animal carcasses	3
Clinical waste	1

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	0
A single item	103
A car boot or less	150
A small van load	207
A transit van load	114
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Mid Devon	6.2
Somerset	6.2
North Devon	6.0
West Devon	5.9
Cornwall	5.7
Torridge	3.3
The typical English council	11.0