Crap Towns / Sunderland / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Sunderland? Sunderland council recorded 35.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 3.3 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 9,481, with back alleys the most common spot. Of those, 877 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £302,940 to clear. It issued 95 fixed penalty notices and brought 16 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 15,730 2013-14 10,666 2014-15 5,364 2015-16 4,107 2016-17 5,891 2017-18 9,055 2018-19 8,933 2019-20 8,829 2020-21 11,743 2021-22 9,682 2022-23 10,497 2023-24 9,552 2024-25 9,481
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Back alleys 3,661 Council land 2,826 Footpaths and bridleways 1,618 Not recorded 659 The highway 479 Private and residential land 113 Farmland 75 Rivers, streams and their banks 26 Commercial and industrial land 24 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 4,392 Black bags from homes 1,478 Not recorded 1,404 Building, demolition and excavation waste 497 Other electrical 366 Other business waste 329 Garden waste 305 Black bags from businesses 302 White goods 249 Tyres 88 Vehicle parts 66 Asbestos 4 Clinical waste 1 Animal carcasses 0 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 381 A single item 1,103 A car boot or less 1,886 A small van load 3,592 A transit van load 1,642 A tipper lorry load 666 Significant or multiple loads 211
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