Crap Towns / Wyre Forest / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Wyre Forest? Wyre Forest council recorded 7.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 33% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 831, most of them on the highway. It issued 20 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 196 2013-14 350 2014-15 485 2015-16 648 2016-17 572 2017-18 685 2018-19 706 2019-20 518 2020-21 660 2021-22 596 2022-23 494 2023-24 940 2024-25 831
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 638 Council land 90 Private and residential land 43 Back alleys 41 Footpaths and bridleways 14 Not recorded 3 Farmland 1 Rivers, streams and their banks 1 Commercial and industrial land 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 372 Garden waste 151 Black bags from homes 104 White goods 95 Other business waste 27 Building, demolition and excavation waste 25 Tyres 21 Vehicle parts 15 Black bags from businesses 12 Other electrical 8 Not recorded 1 Animal carcasses 0 Asbestos 0 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 0 Clinical waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 27 A single item 125 A car boot or less 112 A small van load 159 A transit van load 408 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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