Crap Towns / Reigate and Banstead / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Reigate and Banstead?

Reigate and Banstead council recorded 32.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.9 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,363, most of them on council land. Of those, 29 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £13,100 to clear. It issued 19 fixed penalty notices, 1 of them a littering fixed penalty notice issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13245
2013-14353
2014-15191
2015-16422
2016-17449
2017-18539
2018-19461
2019-20524
2020-2110,530
2021-227,470
2022-237,887
2023-243,283
2024-253,363
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land3,009
Commercial and industrial land184
The highway91
Footpaths and bridleways45
Not recorded19
Railway land6
Private and residential land4
Rivers, streams and their banks3
Back alleys2
Farmland0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Black bags from homes897
Other household rubbish858
Black bags from businesses478
Building, demolition and excavation waste265
Other business waste264
Garden waste244
White goods149
Other electrical86
Chemical drums, oil and fuel35
Vehicle parts35
Not recorded27
Tyres13
Animal carcasses6
Clinical waste6
Asbestos0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag235
A single item108
A car boot or less2,096
A small van load682
A transit van load213
A tipper lorry load25
Significant or multiple loads4
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Croydon95.2
Reigate and Banstead32.1
Sutton20.7
Kingston upon Thames17.9
Crawley15.9
Tandridge10.9
Sevenoaks8.1
Mole Valley6.9
Epsom and Ewell5.6
Mid Sussex3.0
The typical English council11.0