Crap Towns / Rotherham / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Rotherham? Rotherham council recorded 20.3 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.8 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 5,200, most of them on the highway. Of those, 369 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £92,266 to clear. It issued 341 fixed penalty notices and brought 4 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 2,121 2013-14 2,926 2014-15 3,413 2015-16 2,974 2016-17 3,525 2017-18 3,602 2018-19 5,098 2019-20 4,429 2020-21 5,834 2021-22 5,031 2022-23 5,129 2023-24 5,821 2024-25 5,200
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 4,616 Footpaths and bridleways 468 Council land 64 Not recorded 38 Back alleys 12 Railway land 1 Rivers, streams and their banks 1 Commercial and industrial land 0 Farmland 0 Private and residential land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 2,265 Black bags from homes 1,815 Building, demolition and excavation waste 340 White goods 244 Garden waste 169 Not recorded 82 Other electrical 63 Tyres 55 Other business waste 49 Vehicle parts 49 Asbestos 36 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 20 Black bags from businesses 8 Clinical waste 3 Animal carcasses 2
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 289 A single item 641 A car boot or less 1,525 A small van load 1,774 A transit van load 602 A tipper lorry load 239 Significant or multiple loads 130
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