Crap Towns / South Cambridgeshire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in South Cambridgeshire?

South Cambridgeshire council recorded 5.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 46% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 943, most of them on the highway. Of those, 28 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £4,933 to clear. It issued 47 fixed penalty notices, 15 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 4 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13544
2013-14509
2014-15352
2015-16171
2016-17211
2017-18280
2018-19515
2019-20259
2020-21521
2021-22561
2022-23890
2023-241,029
2024-25943
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway618
Footpaths and bridleways143
Not recorded55
Council land49
Commercial and industrial land22
Farmland22
Back alleys14
Rivers, streams and their banks10
Private and residential land7
Railway land3
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish353
Animal carcasses109
Building, demolition and excavation waste94
Garden waste76
Black bags from homes64
White goods58
Not recorded51
Tyres35
Other business waste30
Black bags from businesses26
Vehicle parts25
Chemical drums, oil and fuel12
Asbestos6
Other electrical3
Clinical waste1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag60
A single item255
A car boot or less170
A small van load305
A transit van load125
A tipper lorry load9
Significant or multiple loads19
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Cambridge14.9
Huntingdonshire14.4
North Hertfordshire10.9
Central Bedfordshire9.2
South Cambridgeshire5.9
East Cambridgeshire5.3
Uttlesford3.3
West Suffolk1.6
The typical English council11.0