Crap Towns / Stratford-on-Avon / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Stratford-on-Avon?

Stratford-on-Avon council recorded 3.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 69% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 523, most of them on the highway. Of those, 15 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £15,597 to clear. It issued 3 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13142
2013-14232
2014-15243
2015-16282
2016-17291
2017-18328
2018-19364
2019-20338
2020-21612
2021-22499
2022-23407
2023-24447
2024-25523
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway448
Council land37
Not recorded17
Footpaths and bridleways8
Farmland7
Private and residential land3
Back alleys1
Commercial and industrial land1
Rivers, streams and their banks1
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish217
Black bags from homes52
Other business waste43
Building, demolition and excavation waste37
White goods37
Not recorded36
Garden waste29
Tyres27
Black bags from businesses20
Other electrical13
Vehicle parts8
Chemical drums, oil and fuel3
Asbestos1
Animal carcasses0
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag5
A single item78
A car boot or less110
A small van load254
A transit van load61
A tipper lorry load9
Significant or multiple loads6
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
West Northamptonshire42.8
Redditch23.6
Rugby22.7
Coventry19.2
Warwick18.5
Solihull17.2
Bromsgrove16.1
Cotswold11.0
West Oxfordshire9.5
Wychavon6.7
Stratford-on-Avon3.4
The typical English council11.0