Crap Towns / Surrey Heath / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Surrey Heath? Surrey Heath council recorded 7.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 35% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 665, most of them on the highway. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 275 2013-14 227 2014-15 198 2015-16 264 2016-17 292 2017-18 253 2018-19 373 2019-20 411 2020-21 536 2021-22 463 2022-23 588 2023-24 696 2024-25 665
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 339 Council land 102 Private and residential land 69 Not recorded 64 Footpaths and bridleways 42 Commercial and industrial land 29 Back alleys 13 Rivers, streams and their banks 5 Farmland 2 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 155 Building, demolition and excavation waste 150 Black bags from homes 114 White goods 54 Not recorded 50 Garden waste 47 Asbestos 18 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 17 Other business waste 17 Tyres 17 Vehicle parts 16 Other electrical 10 Animal carcasses 0 Black bags from businesses 0 Clinical waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 6 A single item 155 A car boot or less 48 A small van load 231 A transit van load 225 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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