Crap Towns / North West Leicestershire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in North West Leicestershire?

North West Leicestershire council recorded 5.5 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 50% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 593, most of them on the highway. Of those, 25 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £9,800 to clear. It issued 5 fixed penalty notices, 1 of them a littering fixed penalty notice issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	1,156
2013-14	1,110
2014-15	697
2015-16	746
2016-17	884
2017-18	731
2018-19	716
2019-20	695
2020-21	1,475
2021-22	704
2022-23	587
2023-24	539
2024-25	593

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	465
Footpaths and bridleways	54
Council land	51
Not recorded	9
Commercial and industrial land	7
Private and residential land	6
Rivers, streams and their banks	1
Back alleys	0
Farmland	0
Railway land	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	233
Black bags from homes	53
Building, demolition and excavation waste	51
Not recorded	51
White goods	51
Other business waste	41
Tyres	32
Other electrical	19
Vehicle parts	19
Garden waste	13
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	11
Black bags from businesses	9
Asbestos	5
Animal carcasses	3
Clinical waste	2

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	13
A single item	119
A car boot or less	128
A small van load	198
A transit van load	110
A tipper lorry load	20
Significant or multiple loads	5

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Derby	22.0
Tamworth	15.6
North Warwickshire	15.4
East Staffordshire	9.6
Rushcliffe	8.0
Hinckley and Bosworth	7.1
Broxtowe	6.9
North West Leicestershire	5.5
Charnwood	5.5
South Derbyshire	5.3
Erewash	2.2
The typical English council	11.0