Crap Towns / Westminster / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Westminster?

Westminster council recorded 125 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 11.4 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 20,047. It issued 2,522 fixed penalty notices, 1 of them a littering fixed penalty notice issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 1 prosecution.

Westminster's got Parliament, so the fly-tipping is far from the worst rubbish in the borough.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-1319,021
2013-1417,121
2014-1516,675
2015-16–
2016-1710,075
2017-1813,890
2018-1915,003
2019-2015,283
2020-2111,478
2021-2218,749
2022-2330,737
2023-2425,531
2024-2520,047
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Not recorded19,952
The highway87
Back alleys3
Council land3
Commercial and industrial land1
Private and residential land1
Farmland0
Footpaths and bridleways0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish7,440
Black bags from businesses6,910
Building, demolition and excavation waste2,692
Not recorded1,165
White goods843
Vehicle parts678
Other business waste221
Black bags from homes44
Garden waste22
Other electrical19
Tyres8
Chemical drums, oil and fuel5
Animal carcasses0
Asbestos0
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag3
A single item5,997
A car boot or less7,833
A small van load4,468
A transit van load1,745
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
City of London270
Camden163
Westminster125
Hackney118
Southwark66.5
Hammersmith and Fulham60.9
Kensington and Chelsea51.2
Lambeth39.8
Tower Hamlets30.8
Wandsworth17.0
Islington9.2
The typical English council11.0