Crap Towns / South Holland / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in South Holland?

South Holland council recorded 19.3 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.8 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,751, most of them on footpaths and bridleways. Of those, 25 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £8,410 to clear. It issued 46 fixed penalty notices, 3 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13524
2013-14782
2014-15578
2015-16599
2016-17671
2017-18662
2018-19876
2019-20720
2020-211,520
2021-221,547
2022-231,715
2023-242,027
2024-251,751
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Footpaths and bridleways1,058
The highway339
Council land184
Rivers, streams and their banks104
Farmland30
Back alleys26
Commercial and industrial land7
Not recorded2
Railway land1
Private and residential land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish944
Black bags from homes280
White goods130
Garden waste95
Other business waste95
Building, demolition and excavation waste67
Other electrical42
Tyres28
Vehicle parts28
Not recorded21
Asbestos12
Black bags from businesses5
Chemical drums, oil and fuel3
Clinical waste1
Animal carcasses0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag1
A single item2
A car boot or less747
A small van load868
A transit van load108
A tipper lorry load25
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Boston63.2
Peterborough47.2
South Holland19.3
King's Lynn and West Norfolk11.6
Fenland10.9
South Kesteven8.5
The typical English council11.0