Crap Towns / Wandsworth / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Wandsworth?

Wandsworth council recorded 17.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.5 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 5,580, most of them on the highway. It issued 1,828 fixed penalty notices, 1,322 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Clapham Junction isn't in Clapham, and the mattress dumped by it isn't anybody's, apparently.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-131,546
2013-141,105
2014-151,357
2015-161,712
2016-174,335
2017-185,000
2018-195,410
2019-204,745
2020-213,924
2021-226,015
2022-236,094
2023-245,032
2024-255,580
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway5,580
Back alleys0
Commercial and industrial land0
Council land0
Farmland0
Footpaths and bridleways0
Not recorded0
Private and residential land0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Not recorded2,456
Other household rubbish1,059
Black bags from homes678
Building, demolition and excavation waste334
Garden waste327
White goods207
Other business waste164
Other electrical164
Chemical drums, oil and fuel95
Vehicle parts42
Black bags from businesses24
Tyres17
Clinical waste13
Animal carcasses0
Asbestos0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag258
A single item1,508
A car boot or less2,584
A small van load1,230
A transit van load0
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
City of London270
Westminster125
Merton75.8
Southwark66.5
Hammersmith and Fulham60.9
Kensington and Chelsea51.2
Lambeth39.8
Richmond upon Thames23.4
Sutton20.7
Kingston upon Thames17.9
Wandsworth17.0
The typical English council11.0