Crap Towns / North Tyneside / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in North Tyneside?

North Tyneside council recorded 19.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.7 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,882. Of those, 491 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £175,040 to clear. It issued 55 fixed penalty notices, 37 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-131,137
2013-141,448
2014-151,671
2015-161,642
2016-172,098
2017-182,388
2018-194,302
2019-203,391
2020-214,806
2021-223,474
2022-233,842
2023-244,223
2024-253,882
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Not recorded2,111
Back alleys709
Council land465
Footpaths and bridleways382
The highway124
Private and residential land52
Commercial and industrial land14
Farmland14
Rivers, streams and their banks7
Railway land4
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish2,105
Black bags from homes426
Building, demolition and excavation waste305
Not recorded220
White goods171
Other electrical160
Other business waste142
Black bags from businesses117
Garden waste113
Vehicle parts49
Tyres34
Chemical drums, oil and fuel32
Asbestos7
Animal carcasses1
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag87
A single item562
A car boot or less704
A small van load1,515
A transit van load522
A tipper lorry load172
Significant or multiple loads319
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Newcastle upon Tyne51.7
South Tyneside27.9
North Tyneside19.1
Northumberland12.6
The typical English council11.0