Crap Towns / Swale / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Swale? Swale council recorded 15.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 40% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,654, most of them on the highway. It issued 16 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 1,925 2013-14 2,632 2014-15 2,858 2015-16 2,966 2016-17 3,243 2017-18 2,610 2018-19 2,789 2019-20 2,633 2020-21 3,294 2021-22 2,482 2022-23 2,129 2023-24 2,207 2024-25 2,654
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 1,631 Back alleys 536 Council land 275 Footpaths and bridleways 149 Rivers, streams and their banks 40 Private and residential land 13 Farmland 6 Commercial and industrial land 2 Not recorded 2 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,429 White goods 247 Black bags from homes 230 Building, demolition and excavation waste 222 Other business waste 102 Not recorded 99 Garden waste 77 Tyres 61 Other electrical 59 Asbestos 50 Black bags from businesses 27 Vehicle parts 27 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 22 Animal carcasses 2 Clinical waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 504 A single item 0 A car boot or less 440 A small van load 1,020 A transit van load 690 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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