Crap Towns / Reading / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Reading? Reading council recorded 9.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 15% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,229, with the highway the most common spot. It issued 221 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 2,139 2013-14 2,244 2014-15 2,596 2015-16 2,570 2016-17 3,066 2017-18 2,509 2018-19 1,569 2019-20 1,835 2020-21 1,628 2021-22 1,453 2022-23 1,361 2023-24 1,304 2024-25 2,229
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 988 Footpaths and bridleways 697 Council land 304 Private and residential land 103 Back alleys 78 Not recorded 29 Commercial and industrial land 27 Farmland 2 Rivers, streams and their banks 1 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,167 Black bags from homes 557 Building, demolition and excavation waste 143 Other electrical 99 Not recorded 92 Other business waste 40 Garden waste 33 White goods 33 Black bags from businesses 31 Tyres 16 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 7 Vehicle parts 7 Asbestos 3 Clinical waste 1 Animal carcasses 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 182 A single item 606 A car boot or less 701 A small van load 544 A transit van load 196 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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