Crap Towns / West Northamptonshire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in West Northamptonshire?

West Northamptonshire council recorded 42.8 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 3.9 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 21,304. Of those, 508 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £177,240 to clear. It issued 56 fixed penalty notices, 12 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.

Over time
YearIncidents
2021-2216,313
2022-2316,700
2023-2416,670
2024-2521,304
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Not recorded9,219
Council land6,815
Footpaths and bridleways4,117
The highway426
Back alleys299
Private and residential land190
Farmland143
Rivers, streams and their banks52
Commercial and industrial land42
Railway land1
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Not recorded10,048
Other household rubbish7,497
Black bags from homes2,132
Other business waste327
White goods305
Garden waste288
Tyres200
Other electrical181
Building, demolition and excavation waste105
Black bags from businesses100
Chemical drums, oil and fuel53
Vehicle parts42
Animal carcasses16
Asbestos8
Clinical waste2
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag1,896
A single item9,340
A car boot or less3,099
A small van load5,263
A transit van load929
A tipper lorry load494
Significant or multiple loads14
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
West Northamptonshire42.8
Rugby22.7
Warwick18.5
Milton Keynes15.9
North Northamptonshire11.8
Buckinghamshire7.1
Cherwell7.0
Harborough3.6
Stratford-on-Avon3.4
The typical English council11.0