Crap Towns / Southend-on-Sea / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Southend-on-Sea?

Southend-on-Sea council recorded 10.7 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 2,214, most of them on the highway. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2012-13	453
2013-14	255
2014-15	209
2015-16	293
2016-17	405
2017-18	775
2018-19	898
2019-20	886
2020-21	1,429
2021-22	1,961
2022-23	1,560
2023-24	2,021
2024-25	2,214

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	2,059
Council land	103
Back alleys	33
Private and residential land	11
Rivers, streams and their banks	8
Commercial and industrial land	0
Farmland	0
Footpaths and bridleways	0
Not recorded	0
Railway land	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	1,415
White goods	185
Black bags from homes	140
Not recorded	116
Garden waste	74
Building, demolition and excavation waste	70
Other electrical	69
Other business waste	51
Tyres	36
Black bags from businesses	19
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	16
Vehicle parts	13
Asbestos	8
Clinical waste	2
Animal carcasses	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	45
A single item	1,258
A car boot or less	763
A small van load	137
A transit van load	11
A tipper lorry load	0
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Castle Point	10.7
Southend-on-Sea	10.7
Rochford	7.0
Maldon	6.1
Chelmsford	3.9
The typical English council	11.0