Crap Towns / Ribble Valley / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Ribble Valley?

Ribble Valley council recorded 10.5 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 752, most of them on the highway. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	794
2013-14	724
2014-15	692
2015-16	754
2016-17	803
2017-18	738
2018-19	645
2019-20	725
2020-21	948
2021-22	770
2022-23	550
2023-24	633
2024-25	752

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	534
Back alleys	186
Footpaths and bridleways	14
Farmland	5
Private and residential land	5
Rivers, streams and their banks	5
Council land	2
Commercial and industrial land	1
Not recorded	0
Railway land	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	204
Black bags from homes	167
Building, demolition and excavation waste	71
Animal carcasses	70
Garden waste	59
White goods	53
Vehicle parts	40
Other business waste	32
Tyres	24
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	12
Black bags from businesses	7
Not recorded	6
Asbestos	3
Other electrical	3
Clinical waste	1

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	98
A single item	245
A car boot or less	178
A small van load	158
A transit van load	68
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Pendle	51.2
Burnley	37.5
Preston	35.4
Hyndburn	33.2
Blackburn with Darwen	25.3
Ribble Valley	10.5
Wyre	7.4
South Ribble	4.0
The typical English council	11.0