Crap Towns / North Northamptonshire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in North Northamptonshire?

North Northamptonshire council recorded 11.8 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 7% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 5,793, most of them on the highway. Of those, 182 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £54,600 to clear. It issued 78 fixed penalty notices, 29 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.

Over time
YearIncidents
2021-223,944
2022-232,784
2023-244,126
2024-255,793
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway3,805
Council land1,003
Footpaths and bridleways560
Private and residential land155
Back alleys115
Not recorded75
Rivers, streams and their banks61
Commercial and industrial land12
Farmland6
Railway land1
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish3,185
Black bags from homes680
White goods403
Building, demolition and excavation waste333
Garden waste302
Other business waste293
Tyres158
Other electrical126
Black bags from businesses120
Vehicle parts93
Asbestos46
Chemical drums, oil and fuel29
Clinical waste11
Not recorded8
Animal carcasses6
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag95
A single item701
A car boot or less1,051
A small van load2,229
A transit van load1,535
A tipper lorry load125
Significant or multiple loads57
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Peterborough47.2
West Northamptonshire42.8
Milton Keynes15.9
Huntingdonshire14.4
North Northamptonshire11.8
Bedford10.2
South Kesteven8.5
Rutland4.1
Harborough3.6
The typical English council11.0