Crap Towns / Windsor and Maidenhead / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Windsor and Maidenhead?

Windsor and Maidenhead council recorded 8.8 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 20% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 905, most of them on council land. Of those, 3 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £2,400 to clear. It issued 24 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13597
2013-14462
2014-15416
2015-16584
2016-17675
2017-18720
2018-19626
2019-20944
2020-212,034
2021-221,527
2022-231,249
2023-241,902
2024-25905
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
Council land781
The highway106
Not recorded8
Commercial and industrial land5
Private and residential land3
Farmland1
Footpaths and bridleways1
Back alleys0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish388
Not recorded163
Animal carcasses89
Black bags from homes75
Building, demolition and excavation waste66
Black bags from businesses36
White goods28
Garden waste23
Vehicle parts16
Chemical drums, oil and fuel7
Tyres7
Clinical waste6
Other electrical1
Asbestos0
Other business waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag0
A single item105
A car boot or less14
A small van load761
A transit van load15
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads3
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Runnymede14.4
Spelthorne13.7
Slough11.6
Wokingham9.9
Windsor and Maidenhead8.8
Surrey Heath7.2
Buckinghamshire7.1
Bracknell Forest4.7
The typical English council11.0