Crap Towns / Wolverhampton / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Wolverhampton?

Wolverhampton council recorded 11.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,336, most of them on the highway. It issued 53 fixed penalty notices, 1 of them a littering fixed penalty notice issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 7 prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-133,054
2013-144,745
2014-154,427
2015-163,456
2016-172,653
2017-182,362
2018-192,449
2019-202,463
2020-213,056
2021-223,067
2022-232,930
2023-242,714
2024-253,336
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway3,336
Back alleys0
Commercial and industrial land0
Council land0
Farmland0
Footpaths and bridleways0
Not recorded0
Private and residential land0
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish1,230
Black bags from homes872
White goods473
Building, demolition and excavation waste185
Black bags from businesses137
Not recorded103
Other business waste97
Other electrical95
Tyres61
Garden waste47
Vehicle parts30
Animal carcasses4
Asbestos2
Chemical drums, oil and fuel0
Clinical waste0
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag290
A single item1,077
A car boot or less885
A small van load1,028
A transit van load56
A tipper lorry load0
Significant or multiple loads0
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Sandwell35.9
Walsall17.9
Wolverhampton11.4
South Staffordshire11.0
Dudley8.4
The typical English council11.0