Crap Towns / Wiltshire / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Wiltshire?

Wiltshire council recorded 5.5 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 50% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,005, most of them on the highway. Of those, 152 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £152,000 to clear. It issued 108 fixed penalty notices, 7 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 9 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-131,567
2013-141,756
2014-152,218
2015-162,647
2016-173,019
2017-183,167
2018-192,822
2019-202,823
2020-213,742
2021-222,971
2022-232,631
2023-242,789
2024-253,005
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway1,605
Footpaths and bridleways440
Council land429
Not recorded248
Farmland109
Back alleys75
Rivers, streams and their banks62
Commercial and industrial land36
Railway land1
Private and residential land0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish952
Not recorded373
Black bags from homes347
Building, demolition and excavation waste337
Garden waste203
Other business waste191
Tyres117
White goods108
Other electrical103
Black bags from businesses97
Vehicle parts71
Chemical drums, oil and fuel53
Asbestos25
Animal carcasses23
Clinical waste5
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag64
A single item615
A car boot or less851
A small van load975
A transit van load348
A tipper lorry load152
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Basingstoke and Deane14.9
Swindon13.0
Bath and North East Somerset11.2
Cotswold11.0
Stroud8.9
Test Valley8.9
South Gloucestershire7.1
Somerset6.2
West Berkshire6.2
Wiltshire5.5
Vale of White Horse3.2
The typical English council11.0