Crap Towns / Redditch / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Redditch?

Redditch council recorded 23.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.1 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,255, most of them on council land. Of those, 419 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £34,846 to clear. It issued 6 fixed penalty notices, 1 of them a littering fixed penalty notice issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-131,094
2013-141,641
2014-151,154
2015-161,397
2016-171,880
2017-181,500
2018-191,437
2019-201,394
2020-211,759
2021-221,544
2022-231,555
2023-242,340
2024-252,255
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land1,794
Footpaths and bridleways166
Private and residential land111
The highway71
Not recorded48
Back alleys40
Rivers, streams and their banks12
Commercial and industrial land8
Farmland5
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish1,594
Not recorded108
Building, demolition and excavation waste105
Other electrical85
Other business waste81
White goods78
Garden waste74
Black bags from homes73
Vehicle parts22
Black bags from businesses15
Tyres11
Chemical drums, oil and fuel7
Clinical waste2
Animal carcasses0
Asbestos0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag27
A single item559
A car boot or less356
A small van load675
A transit van load219
A tipper lorry load227
Significant or multiple loads192
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Redditch23.6
Solihull17.2
Bromsgrove16.1
Wychavon6.7
Stratford-on-Avon3.4
The typical English council11.0