Crap Towns / Tewkesbury / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Tewkesbury? Tewkesbury council recorded 7.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 36% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 695, most of them on the highway. It issued 7 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 331 2013-14 513 2014-15 643 2015-16 440 2016-17 446 2017-18 356 2018-19 516 2019-20 403 2020-21 1,094 2021-22 915 2022-23 655 2023-24 635 2024-25 695
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 422 Footpaths and bridleways 158 Council land 95 Back alleys 11 Rivers, streams and their banks 9 Commercial and industrial land 0 Farmland 0 Not recorded 0 Private and residential land 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 252 Not recorded 156 Black bags from homes 118 Building, demolition and excavation waste 39 White goods 34 Tyres 28 Other business waste 20 Garden waste 16 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 13 Asbestos 7 Vehicle parts 5 Other electrical 4 Black bags from businesses 2 Clinical waste 1 Animal carcasses 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 0 A single item 1 A car boot or less 204 A small van load 108 A transit van load 382 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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