Crap Towns / Wokingham / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Wokingham?

Wokingham council recorded 9.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 10% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 2,085, most of them on the highway. Of those, 71 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £20,400 to clear. It issued 166 fixed penalty notices, 78 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13589
2013-14593
2014-15566
2015-16663
2016-17857
2017-18747
2018-191,117
2019-201,155
2020-212,284
2021-221,808
2022-231,691
2023-241,497
2024-252,085
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway1,274
Council land558
Footpaths and bridleways253
Back alleys0
Commercial and industrial land0
Farmland0
Not recorded0
Private and residential land0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish690
Black bags from homes309
Building, demolition and excavation waste275
Not recorded210
Black bags from businesses171
Other business waste93
Garden waste81
White goods66
Other electrical54
Vehicle parts52
Tyres45
Chemical drums, oil and fuel28
Clinical waste6
Asbestos5
Animal carcasses0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag63
A single item407
A car boot or less616
A small van load730
A transit van load198
A tipper lorry load62
Significant or multiple loads9
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Hart13.1
Wokingham9.9
Reading9.4
Windsor and Maidenhead8.8
West Berkshire6.2
South Oxfordshire5.1
Bracknell Forest4.7
The typical English council11.0