Crap Towns / South Oxfordshire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in South Oxfordshire?

South Oxfordshire council recorded 5.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 54% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 651, most of them on the highway. Of those, 35 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £18,400 to clear. It issued 25 fixed penalty notices, 5 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 5 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13639
2013-14517
2014-15469
2015-16497
2016-17480
2017-18700
2018-19733
2019-20815
2020-21969
2021-22805
2022-23763
2023-24873
2024-25651
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway529
Council land59
Footpaths and bridleways38
Back alleys20
Farmland3
Rivers, streams and their banks2
Commercial and industrial land0
Not recorded0
Private and residential land0
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish332
Building, demolition and excavation waste74
Garden waste44
Black bags from homes40
Tyres37
Other business waste35
Other electrical34
White goods20
Black bags from businesses13
Vehicle parts12
Chemical drums, oil and fuel5
Animal carcasses2
Asbestos2
Not recorded1
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag14
A single item87
A car boot or less103
A small van load240
A transit van load172
A tipper lorry load35
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Oxford27.5
Wokingham9.9
West Oxfordshire9.5
Reading9.4
Windsor and Maidenhead8.8
Buckinghamshire7.1
West Berkshire6.2
South Oxfordshire5.1
Vale of White Horse3.2
The typical English council11.0