Crap Towns / Rother / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Rother?

Rother council recorded 8.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 19% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 873, most of them on the highway. It issued 8 fixed penalty notices, 8 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	400
2013-14	496
2014-15	418
2015-16	323
2016-17	491
2017-18	398
2018-19	484
2019-20	598
2020-21	1,096
2021-22	928
2022-23	890
2023-24	734
2024-25	873

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	761
Footpaths and bridleways	53
Council land	40
Not recorded	15
Back alleys	2
Rivers, streams and their banks	2
Commercial and industrial land	0
Farmland	0
Private and residential land	0
Railway land	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	324
Black bags from homes	102
Other business waste	77
Building, demolition and excavation waste	61
Not recorded	57
White goods	48
Other electrical	38
Black bags from businesses	37
Garden waste	35
Tyres	34
Vehicle parts	22
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	17
Asbestos	14
Animal carcasses	5
Clinical waste	2

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	23
A single item	25
A car boot or less	600
A small van load	175
A transit van load	50
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Hastings	16.9
Ashford	9.7
Rother	8.9
Eastbourne	8.1
Lewes	4.2
Wealden	4.1
The typical English council	11.0