Crap Towns / Welwyn Hatfield / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Welwyn Hatfield?

Welwyn Hatfield council recorded 26.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.4 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,028, most of them on council land. Of those, 299 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £106,820 to clear. It issued 105 fixed penalty notices, 30 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-132,529
2013-142,491
2014-152,835
2015-163,285
2016-172,664
2017-182,415
2018-192,107
2019-201,700
2020-214,836
2021-223,722
2022-233,319
2023-243,037
2024-253,028
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land1,641
Not recorded818
Footpaths and bridleways189
The highway159
Back alleys139
Commercial and industrial land29
Private and residential land24
Farmland16
Rivers, streams and their banks11
Railway land2
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish1,501
Other business waste519
Black bags from homes416
Building, demolition and excavation waste153
White goods118
Garden waste117
Black bags from businesses60
Other electrical54
Vehicle parts29
Tyres21
Not recorded11
Chemical drums, oil and fuel10
Animal carcasses7
Asbestos7
Clinical waste5
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag101
A single item383
A car boot or less648
A small van load741
A transit van load848
A tipper lorry load160
Significant or multiple loads139
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Stevenage30.2
Welwyn Hatfield26.1
Broxbourne13.2
Hertsmere11.0
St Albans4.9
East Hertfordshire4.7
The typical English council11.0