Crap Towns / Watford / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Watford? Watford council recorded 12.5 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 14% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,346, most of them on the highway. It issued 13 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 1,127 2013-14 977 2014-15 612 2015-16 1,815 2016-17 1,414 2017-18 930 2018-19 1,069 2019-20 976 2020-21 1,260 2021-22 1,342 2022-23 1,168 2023-24 1,308 2024-25 1,346
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 1,213 Private and residential land 101 Council land 14 Back alleys 6 Footpaths and bridleways 4 Not recorded 4 Commercial and industrial land 3 Rivers, streams and their banks 1 Farmland 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 870 Black bags from homes 225 Not recorded 77 Building, demolition and excavation waste 40 Other business waste 35 Other electrical 35 White goods 34 Black bags from businesses 9 Tyres 9 Garden waste 7 Vehicle parts 3 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 2 Animal carcasses 0 Asbestos 0 Clinical waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 13 A single item 250 A car boot or less 203 A small van load 589 A transit van load 196 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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