Crap Towns / Norwich / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Norwich? Norwich council recorded 37.8 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 3.4 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 5,638, most of them on council land. Of those, 69 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £24,150 to clear. It issued 5 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 2,421 2013-14 3,003 2014-15 3,064 2015-16 3,643 2016-17 5,264 2017-18 4,804 2018-19 5,290 2019-20 4,937 2020-21 4,755 2021-22 4,805 2022-23 5,297 2023-24 5,392 2024-25 5,638
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Council land 5,277 Footpaths and bridleways 200 Back alleys 113 Private and residential land 26 The highway 13 Not recorded 8 Rivers, streams and their banks 1 Commercial and industrial land 0 Farmland 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 3,492 Not recorded 622 Black bags from homes 611 White goods 266 Other electrical 229 Building, demolition and excavation waste 127 Garden waste 91 Other business waste 86 Vehicle parts 40 Tyres 31 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 26 Black bags from businesses 15 Animal carcasses 1 Clinical waste 1 Asbestos 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 63 A single item 800 A car boot or less 1,079 A small van load 3,117 A transit van load 404 A tipper lorry load 61 Significant or multiple loads 8
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