Crap Towns / Powys / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Powys? Powys council recorded 3.3 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 68% lower than the typical Welsh council's 10.3. In 2024-25 it recorded 412, most of them on the highway. Of those, 22 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £7,760 to clear. It issued 70 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2006-07 855 2007-08 1,584 2008-09 2,435 2009-10 2,033 2010-11 1,614 2011-12 551 2012-13 658 2013-14 682 2014-15 804 2015-16 1,019 2016-17 1,013 2017-18 1,436 2018-19 1,225 2019-20 494 2020-21 483 2021-22 418 2022-23 508 2023-24 377 2024-25 412
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 210 Council land 125 Footpaths and bridleways 45 Not recorded 18 Back alleys 7 Private and residential land 4 Commercial and industrial land 1 Farmland 1 Rivers, streams and their banks 1 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Black bags from homes 117 Other household rubbish 96 Not recorded 50 Tyres 39 Building, demolition and excavation waste 29 Garden waste 22 Other electrical 22 White goods 11 Other business waste 7 Vehicle parts 7 Asbestos 3 Black bags from businesses 3 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 3 Clinical waste 2 Animal carcasses 1
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 68 A single item 31 A car boot or less 121 A small van load 134 A transit van load 36 A tipper lorry load 16 Significant or multiple loads 6
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