Crap Towns / Stockton-on-Tees / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Stockton-on-Tees?

Stockton-on-Tees council recorded 10.9 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 2,432, most of them on council land. Of those, 372 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £57,150 to clear. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-132,081
2013-142,030
2014-152,431
2015-162,858
2016-172,698
2017-182,064
2018-192,135
2019-201,920
2020-212,618
2021-221,205
2022-231,741
2023-242,235
2024-252,432
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land1,778
Back alleys399
Footpaths and bridleways164
The highway38
Farmland17
Commercial and industrial land16
Rivers, streams and their banks10
Not recorded7
Railway land3
Private and residential land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish1,336
Black bags from homes578
Building, demolition and excavation waste311
Garden waste98
Tyres35
Vehicle parts26
Chemical drums, oil and fuel25
Black bags from businesses8
Asbestos7
Clinical waste5
Animal carcasses2
Other business waste1
Not recorded0
Other electrical0
White goods0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag134
A single item362
A car boot or less372
A small van load577
A transit van load615
A tipper lorry load345
Significant or multiple loads27
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Redcar and Cleveland47.0
Darlington33.3
Hartlepool29.5
Middlesbrough18.2
Stockton-on-Tees10.9
County Durham10.5
North Yorkshire5.0
The typical English council11.0