Crap Towns / Solihull / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Solihull? Solihull council recorded 17.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.6 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,998. Of those, 202 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £72,962 to clear. It issued 1 fixed penalty notice and brought 1 prosecution.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 1,121 2013-14 1,170 2014-15 1,552 2015-16 1,269 2016-17 1,570 2017-18 1,116 2018-19 2,212 2019-20 2,555 2020-21 4,090 2021-22 3,537 2022-23 3,556 2023-24 3,622 2024-25 3,998
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Not recorded 1,471 Council land 1,009 Footpaths and bridleways 879 The highway 585 Back alleys 37 Private and residential land 17 Commercial and industrial land 0 Farmland 0 Railway land 0 Rivers, streams and their banks 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,749 Not recorded 995 Building, demolition and excavation waste 301 Black bags from homes 245 White goods 182 Other business waste 146 Garden waste 123 Black bags from businesses 89 Other electrical 61 Tyres 47 Vehicle parts 30 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 13 Asbestos 12 Clinical waste 4 Animal carcasses 1
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 7 A single item 687 A car boot or less 621 A small van load 1,425 A transit van load 909 A tipper lorry load 112 Significant or multiple loads 90
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