Crap Towns / South Staffordshire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in South Staffordshire?

South Staffordshire council recorded 11.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,171, most of them on the highway. Of those, 94 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £23,500 to clear. It issued 11 fixed penalty notices, 3 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 2 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13273
2013-14380
2014-15348
2015-16417
2016-17900
2017-18946
2018-191,141
2019-201,662
2020-211,737
2021-221,201
2022-231,117
2023-241,346
2024-251,171
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway1,059
Council land86
Footpaths and bridleways26
Back alleys0
Commercial and industrial land0
Farmland0
Not recorded0
Private and residential land0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish409
Not recorded205
Other business waste162
Black bags from homes89
Garden waste78
Building, demolition and excavation waste75
White goods54
Tyres44
Vehicle parts25
Black bags from businesses15
Chemical drums, oil and fuel9
Other electrical5
Asbestos1
Animal carcasses0
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag4
A single item99
A car boot or less263
A small van load534
A transit van load173
A tipper lorry load91
Significant or multiple loads3
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Sandwell35.9
Walsall17.9
Wolverhampton11.4
South Staffordshire11.0
Dudley8.4
Shropshire4.3
Cannock Chase4.0
Lichfield3.8
Stafford3.6
The typical English council11.0