Crap Towns / Rugby / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Rugby?

Rugby council recorded 22.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.1 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 4,488. Of those, 113 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £17,970 to clear. It issued 23 fixed penalty notices, 2 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13603
2013-14750
2014-15849
2015-16865
2016-171,073
2017-181,068
2018-191,348
2019-201,356
2020-212,459
2021-221,511
2022-231,344
2023-241,952
2024-254,488
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Not recorded2,944
The highway1,061
Footpaths and bridleways172
Back alleys128
Council land103
Farmland22
Commercial and industrial land20
Private and residential land20
Rivers, streams and their banks18
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Not recorded3,148
Other household rubbish494
Black bags from homes260
Building, demolition and excavation waste182
White goods104
Black bags from businesses57
Garden waste48
Tyres38
Vehicle parts37
Other electrical36
Chemical drums, oil and fuel27
Other business waste24
Animal carcasses17
Asbestos16
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag47
A single item172
A car boot or less264
A small van load588
A transit van load319
A tipper lorry load68
Significant or multiple loads45
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
West Northamptonshire42.8
Rugby22.7
Coventry19.2
Warwick18.5
Nuneaton and Bedworth14.1
Hinckley and Bosworth7.1
Blaby6.7
Harborough3.6
Stratford-on-Avon3.4
The typical English council11.0