Crap Towns / Rochford / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Rochford?

Rochford council recorded 7.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 36% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 665, most of them on the highway. Of those, 49 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £12,250 to clear. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

Hockley Woods. Fly-tippers seem to think the trees are there to screen the back of the van.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13329
2013-14394
2014-15526
2015-16635
2016-17688
2017-18571
2018-19518
2019-20493
2020-21612
2021-22410
2022-23525
2023-24602
2024-25665
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway598
Council land40
Footpaths and bridleways11
Commercial and industrial land8
Private and residential land7
Not recorded1
Back alleys0
Farmland0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish252
Other business waste81
Chemical drums, oil and fuel70
Black bags from homes65
White goods45
Garden waste39
Tyres36
Building, demolition and excavation waste26
Asbestos21
Other electrical9
Not recorded8
Vehicle parts6
Black bags from businesses5
Animal carcasses2
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag10
A single item167
A car boot or less85
A small van load183
A transit van load171
A tipper lorry load49
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Basildon29.3
Swale15.4
Castle Point10.7
Southend-on-Sea10.7
Rochford7.0
Maldon6.1
Chelmsford3.9
The typical English council11.0