Crap Towns / Telford and Wrekin / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Telford and Wrekin?

Telford and Wrekin council recorded 28.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.6 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 5,811, most of them on council land. Of those, 73 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £21,692 to clear. It issued 102 fixed penalty notices, 4 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-132,819
2013-144,033
2014-154,165
2015-163,405
2016-173,254
2017-182,911
2018-192,594
2019-203,330
2020-215,380
2021-224,337
2022-234,312
2023-245,860
2024-255,811
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land4,601
Footpaths and bridleways625
Not recorded341
The highway111
Back alleys95
Private and residential land29
Rivers, streams and their banks5
Farmland2
Commercial and industrial land1
Railway land1
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Not recorded2,346
Other household rubbish2,104
Black bags from homes497
White goods273
Building, demolition and excavation waste182
Garden waste132
Other electrical97
Tyres74
Vehicle parts40
Black bags from businesses37
Chemical drums, oil and fuel15
Other business waste12
Animal carcasses1
Clinical waste1
Asbestos0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag33
A single item1,416
A car boot or less2,230
A small van load1,510
A transit van load549
A tipper lorry load23
Significant or multiple loads50
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Telford and Wrekin28.7
South Staffordshire11.0
Shropshire4.3
Stafford3.6
The typical English council11.0