Crap Towns / Swansea / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Swansea? Swansea council recorded 10.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical Welsh council's 10.3. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,860, most of them on the highway. Of those, 14 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £11,050 to clear. It issued 25 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2006-07 7,401 2007-08 7,323 2008-09 5,081 2009-10 4,042 2010-11 2,902 2011-12 2,003 2012-13 2,705 2013-14 2,702 2014-15 4,415 2015-16 6,040 2016-17 3,646 2017-18 1,766 2018-19 1,450 2019-20 1,450 2020-21 1,399 2021-22 1,772 2022-23 1,904 2023-24 2,485 2024-25 2,860
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 2,308 Not recorded 199 Council land 168 Back alleys 120 Footpaths and bridleways 61 Farmland 3 Rivers, streams and their banks 1 Commercial and industrial land 0 Private and residential land 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,079 Black bags from homes 993 Other business waste 243 Not recorded 200 White goods 130 Garden waste 84 Tyres 41 Building, demolition and excavation waste 29 Black bags from businesses 25 Other electrical 25 Vehicle parts 6 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 5 Animal carcasses 0 Asbestos 0 Clinical waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 118 A single item 213 A car boot or less 1,209 A small van load 955 A transit van load 146 A tipper lorry load 5 Significant or multiple loads 9
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