Crap Towns / Nottingham / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Nottingham?

Nottingham council recorded 80.3 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 7.3 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 26,138. It issued 973 fixed penalty notices, 451 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Broadmarsh isn't a collection point for your knackered sofa, however unfinished it looks.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17–
2017-187,374
2018-197,864
2019-2010,859
2020-2111,148
2021-2213,608
2022-2321,298
2023-2430,511
2024-2526,138
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Not recorded26,138
Back alleys0
Commercial and industrial land0
Council land0
Farmland0
Footpaths and bridleways0
Private and residential land0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
The highway0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Not recorded24,661
White goods637
Other household rubbish563
Animal carcasses276
Clinical waste1
Asbestos0
Black bags from businesses0
Black bags from homes0
Building, demolition and excavation waste0
Chemical drums, oil and fuel0
Garden waste0
Other business waste0
Other electrical0
Tyres0
Vehicle parts0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag18,056
A single item3,524
A car boot or less1,898
A small van load1,226
A transit van load878
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Nottingham80.3
Ashfield8.6
Gedling8.2
Rushcliffe8.0
Broxtowe6.9
Erewash2.2
The typical English council11.0