Crap Towns / Tamworth / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Tamworth? Tamworth council recorded 15.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 42% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,589, most of them on council land. Of those, 23 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger. It issued 2 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 933 2013-14 1,134 2014-15 1,161 2015-16 1,231 2016-17 1,556 2017-18 1,379 2018-19 1,759 2019-20 1,944 2020-21 2,002 2021-22 1,453 2022-23 1,087 2023-24 999 2024-25 1,589
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Council land 1,180 Not recorded 166 The highway 144 Private and residential land 51 Footpaths and bridleways 21 Commercial and industrial land 10 Back alleys 8 Rivers, streams and their banks 7 Farmland 2 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 992 Not recorded 254 Black bags from homes 131 White goods 80 Other business waste 44 Garden waste 38 Building, demolition and excavation waste 32 Other electrical 11 Asbestos 2 Vehicle parts 2 Animal carcasses 1 Black bags from businesses 1 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 1 Clinical waste 0 Tyres 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 118 A single item 167 A car boot or less 350 A small van load 734 A transit van load 197 A tipper lorry load 20 Significant or multiple loads 3
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