Crap Towns / Nuneaton and Bedworth / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Nuneaton and Bedworth?

Nuneaton and Bedworth council recorded 14.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 28% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,141, with council land the most common spot. Of those, 114 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £15,030 to clear. It issued 143 fixed penalty notices, 34 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13310
2013-14572
2014-15510
2015-16761
2016-171,405
2017-18714
2018-19743
2019-201,483
2020-212,050
2021-221,643
2022-231,870
2023-241,670
2024-252,141
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land886
Footpaths and bridleways623
The highway330
Back alleys106
Not recorded99
Private and residential land65
Rivers, streams and their banks14
Commercial and industrial land8
Railway land6
Farmland4
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Not recorded907
Other household rubbish718
Black bags from homes170
White goods137
Other business waste83
Building, demolition and excavation waste25
Garden waste25
Black bags from businesses21
Other electrical16
Tyres14
Asbestos11
Vehicle parts8
Chemical drums, oil and fuel4
Clinical waste2
Animal carcasses0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag81
A single item288
A car boot or less349
A small van load832
A transit van load477
A tipper lorry load69
Significant or multiple loads45
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Rugby22.7
Coventry19.2
Warwick18.5
Solihull17.2
North Warwickshire15.4
Nuneaton and Bedworth14.1
Hinckley and Bosworth7.1
Harborough3.6
The typical English council11.0