Crap Towns / Woking / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Woking? Woking council recorded 12.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 13% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,501, most of them on council land. It issued 14 fixed penalty notices and brought 2 prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 792 2013-14 923 2014-15 970 2015-16 1,178 2016-17 1,333 2017-18 1,417 2018-19 1,640 2019-20 1,243 2020-21 1,705 2021-22 1,261 2022-23 1,220 2023-24 1,137 2024-25 1,501
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents Council land 943 The highway 558 Back alleys 0 Commercial and industrial land 0 Farmland 0 Footpaths and bridleways 0 Not recorded 0 Private and residential land 0 Railway land 0 Rivers, streams and their banks 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 1,191 Not recorded 137 White goods 50 Building, demolition and excavation waste 43 Black bags from homes 33 Garden waste 25 Other business waste 16 Asbestos 4 Tyres 2 Animal carcasses 0 Black bags from businesses 0 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 0 Clinical waste 0 Other electrical 0 Vehicle parts 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 0 A single item 82 A car boot or less 20 A small van load 845 A transit van load 476 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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