Crap Towns / Slough / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Slough?

Slough council recorded 11.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 5% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,804, most of them on the highway. It issued 72 fixed penalty notices, 6 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13630
2013-14700
2014-15781
2015-16674
2016-17534
2017-18485
2018-191,020
2019-201,567
2020-212,821
2021-221,674
2022-231,258
2023-241,445
2024-252,804
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway1,978
Council land447
Not recorded167
Footpaths and bridleways88
Back alleys71
Private and residential land51
Commercial and industrial land2
Farmland0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish1,381
Black bags from homes910
Not recorded246
White goods78
Other electrical46
Other business waste44
Building, demolition and excavation waste35
Garden waste22
Black bags from businesses14
Tyres13
Chemical drums, oil and fuel8
Vehicle parts7
Animal carcasses0
Asbestos0
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag120
A single item549
A car boot or less1,613
A small van load481
A transit van load41
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Hillingdon27.7
Runnymede14.4
Slough11.6
Windsor and Maidenhead8.8
Buckinghamshire7.1
The typical English council11.0