Crap Towns / South Gloucestershire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in South Gloucestershire?

South Gloucestershire council recorded 7.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 35% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,189, most of them on the highway. Of those, 47 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £12,900 to clear. It issued 22 fixed penalty notices, 3 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 16 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-131,027
2013-141,258
2014-151,359
2015-161,360
2016-171,495
2017-181,617
2018-191,719
2019-201,536
2020-212,481
2021-221,727
2022-231,790
2023-242,171
2024-252,189
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway1,912
Footpaths and bridleways107
Back alleys69
Rivers, streams and their banks64
Council land37
Commercial and industrial land0
Farmland0
Not recorded0
Private and residential land0
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish835
Black bags from homes400
Building, demolition and excavation waste247
Not recorded196
Garden waste124
Tyres111
White goods101
Chemical drums, oil and fuel55
Other business waste40
Vehicle parts33
Other electrical28
Asbestos16
Clinical waste2
Black bags from businesses1
Animal carcasses0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag0
A single item804
A car boot or less831
A small van load340
A transit van load136
A tipper lorry load47
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Bristol20.5
Forest of Dean16.1
Bath and North East Somerset11.2
North Somerset9.1
Stroud8.9
South Gloucestershire7.1
The typical English council11.0