Crap Towns / Vale of White Horse / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Vale of White Horse?

Vale of White Horse council recorded 3.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 71% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 433, most of them on the highway. Of those, 11 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £3,850 to clear. It issued 18 fixed penalty notices, 6 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 9 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13399
2013-14341
2014-15320
2015-16255
2016-17288
2017-18397
2018-19458
2019-20390
2020-21572
2021-22441
2022-23453
2023-24445
2024-25433
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway293
Footpaths and bridleways50
Council land38
Farmland23
Back alleys19
Private and residential land6
Rivers, streams and their banks4
Commercial and industrial land0
Not recorded0
Railway land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish201
Garden waste40
Black bags from homes38
Building, demolition and excavation waste36
Tyres29
White goods23
Other business waste22
Other electrical17
Chemical drums, oil and fuel7
Vehicle parts7
Black bags from businesses6
Clinical waste3
Not recorded2
Animal carcasses1
Asbestos1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag15
A single item83
A car boot or less135
A small van load142
A transit van load47
A tipper lorry load11
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Oxford27.5
Swindon13.0
West Oxfordshire9.5
Cherwell7.0
West Berkshire6.2
Wiltshire5.5
South Oxfordshire5.1
Vale of White Horse3.2
The typical English council11.0