Crap Towns / Wychavon / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Wychavon?

Wychavon council recorded 6.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 39% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 948, most of them on the highway. Of those, 74 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £45,492 to clear. It issued 1 fixed penalty notice and brought no prosecutions.

Over time
YearIncidents
2012-13532
2013-14616
2014-15592
2015-16609
2016-17810
2017-18614
2018-19710
2019-20718
2020-21962
2021-22949
2022-23878
2023-24835
2024-25948
Where it was dumped, 2024-25
WhereIncidents
The highway720
Footpaths and bridleways128
Council land89
Back alleys4
Not recorded3
Commercial and industrial land2
Farmland1
Private and residential land1
Railway land0
Rivers, streams and their banks0
What was dumped, 2024-25
WhatIncidents
Other household rubbish453
Black bags from homes91
Building, demolition and excavation waste91
Garden waste63
Not recorded51
Other business waste46
White goods44
Tyres39
Other electrical20
Black bags from businesses16
Vehicle parts16
Chemical drums, oil and fuel9
Animal carcasses4
Asbestos4
Clinical waste1
How big, 2024-25
SizeIncidents
A single black bag16
A single item177
A car boot or less244
A small van load342
A transit van load95
A tipper lorry load53
Significant or multiple loads21
Nearby councils
CouncilIncidents per 1,000 people a year
Redditch23.6
Bromsgrove16.1
Cotswold11.0
Wyre Forest7.4
Tewkesbury7.0
Wychavon6.7
Worcester4.1
Stratford-on-Avon3.4
Malvern Hills3.2
The typical English council11.0