Data
Fly-tipping by council, England
Councils in England recorded 1,257,863 fly-tipping incidents in 2024/25, 21.46 for every 1,000 people, according to Defra. The table gives each council's figure.
| Council | Incidents 2024/25 | Per 1,000 people | Incidents 2019/20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | 547 | 8.4 | 407 |
| Amber Valley | 281 | 2.1 | 223 |
| Arun | 1,102 | 6.5 | 1,455 |
| Ashfield | 1,009 | 7.8 | 901 |
| Ashford | 1,454 | 10.3 | 1,538 |
| Babergh | 430 | 4.4 | 235 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 7,617 | 32.7 | 3,794 |
| Barnet | 6,938 | 17.1 | 3,420 |
| Barnsley | 5,404 | 21.5 | 3,740 |
| Basildon | 6,220 | 32.1 | 3,451 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 2,701 | 14.0 | 4,107 |
| Bassetlaw | 1,768 | 14.2 | 1,990 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 2,057 | 10.3 | 2,169 |
| Bedford | 1,988 | 10.2 | 2,137 |
| Bexley | 3,787 | 14.8 | 2,552 |
| Birmingham | 24,664 | 20.8 | 21,761 |
| Blaby | 710 | 6.6 | 676 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 3,828 | 23.6 | 3,763 |
| Blackpool | 5,053 | 35.0 | 3,319 |
| Bolsover | 1,202 | 14.3 | 1,494 |
| Bolton | 7,551 | 24.4 | 935 |
| Boston | 4,687 | 65.9 | 1,245 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 4,966 | 12.1 | 1,705 |
| Bracknell Forest | 606 | 4.6 | 604 |
| Bradford | 19,697 | 35.0 | 16,128 |
| Braintree | 807 | 4.9 | 701 |
| Breckland | 830 | 5.7 | 984 |
| Brent | 16,338 | 46.3 | 34,197 |
| Brentwood | 1,249 | 15.8 | 462 |
| Brighton and Hove | 1,627 | 5.7 | 2,100 |
| Bristol | 10,266 | 20.8 | 8,655 |
| Broadland | 914 | 6.6 | 438 |
| Bromley | 6,981 | 20.8 | 2,821 |
| Bromsgrove | 1,591 | 15.7 | 2,128 |
| Broxbourne | 1,424 | 14.0 | 792 |
| Broxtowe | 1,052 | 9.2 | 257 |
| Buckinghamshire | 4,198 | 7.2 | |
| Burnley | 4,205 | 42.4 | 2,831 |
| Bury | 3,227 | 16.2 | 2,677 |
| Calderdale | 1,139 | 5.4 | 1,856 |
| Cambridge | 2,166 | 14.5 | 1,487 |
| Camden | 36,216 | 166.9 | 34,465 |
| Cannock Chase | 482 | 4.6 | 406 |
| Canterbury | 3,012 | 18.6 | 1,533 |
| Castle Point | 978 | 10.8 | 933 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 3,031 | 9.6 | 786 |
| Charnwood | 1,012 | 5.4 | 924 |
| Chelmsford | 650 | 3.4 | 140 |
| Cheltenham | 1,205 | 9.9 | 246 |
| Cherwell | 1,332 | 7.8 | 684 |
| Cheshire East | 3,784 | 9.0 | 2,746 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 4,017 | 10.8 | 3,722 |
| Chesterfield | 615 | 5.8 | 293 |
| Chichester | 816 | 6.3 | 1,011 |
| Chorley | 941 | 7.8 | 894 |
| City of London | 1,655 | 109.5 | 1,804 |
| Colchester | 4,348 | 21.7 | 1,649 |
| Cornwall | 3,931 | 6.7 | 3,657 |
| Cotswold | 922 | 10.1 | 528 |
| County Durham | 5,260 | 9.8 | 6,125 |
| Coventry | 7,188 | 19.5 | 6,955 |
| Crawley | 2,298 | 18.5 | 1,049 |
| Croydon | 53,268 | 130.1 | 25,532 |
| Cumberland | 3,399 | 12.1 | |
| Dacorum | 1,899 | 11.8 | 1,259 |
| Darlington | 3,846 | 34.2 | 2,838 |
| Dartford | 1,694 | 13.6 | 2,700 |
| Derby | 6,477 | 23.6 | 5,728 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 286 | 4.0 | 274 |
| Doncaster | 1,937 | 6.1 | 1,373 |
| Dorset | 1,410 | 3.6 | 1,870 |
| Dover | 942 | 7.9 | 942 |
| Dudley | 3,303 | 9.9 | 1,224 |
| Ealing | 25,394 | 65.8 | 13,115 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 441 | 4.8 | 608 |
| East Devon | 395 | 2.5 | 584 |
| East Hampshire | 1,233 | 9.5 | 558 |
| East Hertfordshire | 761 | 4.8 | 1,013 |
| East Lindsey | 1,603 | 11.0 | 732 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,082 | 3.0 | 1,442 |
| East Staffordshire | 1,460 | 11.3 | 578 |
| East Suffolk | 2,155 | 8.6 | 1,594 |
| Eastbourne | 1,100 | 10.6 | 526 |
| Eastleigh | 478 | 3.3 | 596 |
| Elmbridge | 1,468 | 10.3 | 1,592 |
| Enfield | 9,218 | 28.1 | 4,979 |
| Epping Forest | 3,542 | 25.8 | 2,602 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 452 | 5.4 | 855 |
| Erewash | 238 | 2.1 | 291 |
| Exeter | 1,115 | 8.1 | 823 |
| Fareham | 307 | 2.7 | 307 |
| Fenland | 1,640 | 15.6 | 1,522 |
| Forest of Dean | 1,305 | 14.5 | 1,190 |
| Gateshead | 5,232 | 25.8 | 7,804 |
| Gedling | 405 | 3.4 | 1,359 |
| Gloucester | 1,531 | 11.1 | 1,591 |
| Gosport | 393 | 4.7 | 389 |
| Gravesham | 2,574 | 23.3 | 2,278 |
| Great Yarmouth | 7,720 | 76.8 | 1,491 |
| Greenwich | 16,638 | 55.5 | 11,795 |
| Guildford | 1,302 | 8.6 | 1,366 |
| Hackney | 31,042 | 116.4 | 12,190 |
| Halton | 479 | 3.6 | 458 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 8,087 | 42.9 | 13,322 |
| Harborough | 333 | 3.2 | 484 |
| Haringey | 16,915 | 64.1 | 22,972 |
| Harlow | 2,546 | 25.9 | 2,443 |
| Harrow | 13,925 | 51.4 | 11,151 |
| Hart | 1,414 | 13.7 | 425 |
| Hartlepool | 3,182 | 32.4 | 1,586 |
| Hastings | 1,529 | 16.8 | 1,147 |
| Havant | 1,246 | 9.8 | 1,140 |
| Havering | 4,532 | 16.4 | 3,380 |
| Herefordshire | 708 | 3.7 | 685 |
| Hertsmere | 1,094 | 9.9 | 1,240 |
| High Peak | 402 | 4.4 | 302 |
| Hillingdon | 9,846 | 29.9 | 10,434 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 836 | 7.2 | 791 |
| Horsham | 1,464 | 9.7 | 1,066 |
| Hounslow | 25,177 | 84.1 | 22,480 |
| Huntingdonshire | 3,560 | 18.7 | 542 |
| Hyndburn | 2,631 | 30.6 | 2,829 |
| Ipswich | 840 | 6.0 | 463 |
| Isle of Wight | 827 | 5.8 | 575 |
| Isles of Scilly | 0 | ||
| Islington | 3,330 | 14.9 | 1,764 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 7,613 | 52.7 | 6,490 |
| Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | 1,831 | 11.7 | 1,261 |
| Kingston upon Hull | 13,663 | 49.6 | 5,945 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 2,390 | 13.8 | 1,619 |
| Kirklees | 10,120 | 22.6 | 5,891 |
| Knowsley | 2,193 | 13.5 | 1,939 |
| Lambeth | 21,220 | 67.0 | 6,638 |
| Lancaster | 3,190 | 22.0 | 1,942 |
| Leeds | 13,923 | 16.5 | 26,079 |
| Leicester | 6,966 | 17.9 | 7,633 |
| Lewes | 506 | 4.9 | 163 |
| Lewisham | 33,471 | 111.1 | 3,842 |
| Lichfield | 552 | 4.9 | 350 |
| Lincoln | 4,653 | 44.3 | 1,961 |
| Liverpool | 20,300 | 39.9 | 20,780 |
| Luton | 11,599 | 48.5 | 6,190 |
| Maidstone | 2,817 | 15.0 | 2,402 |
| Maldon | 383 | 5.5 | 379 |
| Malvern Hills | 298 | 3.6 | 251 |
| Manchester | 14,963 | 25.4 | 18,270 |
| Mansfield | 1,963 | 17.4 | 1,407 |
| Medway | 6,262 | 21.4 | 5,713 |
| Melton | 536 | 9.9 | 343 |
| Merton | 14,883 | 68.1 | 13,047 |
| Mid Devon | 488 | 5.7 | 570 |
| Mid Suffolk | 443 | 4.0 | 301 |
| Mid Sussex | 475 | 2.9 | 391 |
| Middlesbrough | 2,753 | 17.6 | 2,113 |
| Milton Keynes | 4,258 | 13.9 | 4,899 |
| Mole Valley | 644 | 7.3 | 654 |
| New Forest | 1,361 | 7.7 | 923 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 1,645 | 12.9 | 1,345 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 16,731 | 52.2 | 11,580 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 840 | 6.6 | 800 |
| Newham | 26,502 | 70.8 | 11,145 |
| North Devon | 574 | 5.7 | 625 |
| North East Derbyshire | 588 | 5.5 | 687 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 2,129 | 13.3 | 2,343 |
| North Hertfordshire | 1,387 | 10.1 | 1,153 |
| North Kesteven | 992 | 8.1 | 751 |
| North Lincolnshire | 1,267 | 7.4 | 1,119 |
| North Norfolk | 385 | 3.7 | 517 |
| North Northamptonshire | 5,793 | 15.5 | |
| North Somerset | 2,226 | 9.9 | 1,547 |
| North Tyneside | 3,882 | 18.1 | 3,391 |
| North Warwickshire | 1,020 | 15.2 | 1,038 |
| North West Leicestershire | 593 | 5.3 | 695 |
| North Yorkshire | 3,329 | 5.2 | |
| Northumberland | 3,623 | 10.9 | 5,041 |
| Norwich | 5,638 | 38.3 | 4,937 |
| Nottingham | 26,138 | 79.0 | 10,859 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 2,141 | 15.1 | 1,483 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 41 | 0.7 | 4 |
| Oldham | 5,959 | 23.7 | 2,066 |
| Oxford | 5,181 | 31.2 | 1,653 |
| Pendle | 6,186 | 62.0 | 3,163 |
| Peterborough | 10,474 | 46.8 | 6,820 |
| Plymouth | 5,370 | 19.7 | 10,933 |
| Portsmouth | 937 | 4.4 | 974 |
| Preston | 5,642 | 34.6 | 2,748 |
| Reading | 2,229 | 12.2 | 1,835 |
| Redbridge | 8,189 | 25.5 | 19,897 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 5,317 | 38.2 | 9,001 |
| Redditch | 2,255 | 25.7 | 1,394 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 3,363 | 21.1 | 524 |
| Ribble Valley | 752 | 11.4 | 725 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 5,611 | 28.5 | 2,887 |
| Rochdale | 5,302 | 22.5 | 6,111 |
| Rochford | 665 | 7.4 | 493 |
| Rossendale | 1,100 | 15.1 | 806 |
| Rother | 873 | 9.1 | 598 |
| Rotherham | 5,200 | 18.8 | 4,429 |
| Rugby | 4,488 | 36.7 | 1,356 |
| Runnymede | 1,653 | 17.9 | 886 |
| Rushcliffe | 1,086 | 8.6 | 1,064 |
| Rushmoor | 840 | 7.9 | 568 |
| Rutland | 215 | 5.2 | 219 |
| Salford | 7,610 | 25.9 | 4,187 |
| Sandwell | 12,542 | 35.4 | 5,972 |
| Sefton | 4,110 | 14.4 | 3,837 |
| Sevenoaks | 1,249 | 10.2 | 778 |
| Sheffield | 12,237 | 21.0 | 14,231 |
| Shepway | 2,200 | 19.6 | 1,360 |
| Shropshire | 1,734 | 5.2 | 888 |
| Slough | 2,804 | 16.8 | 1,567 |
| Solihull | 3,998 | 18.1 | 2,555 |
| Somerset | 2,830 | 4.8 | |
| South Cambridgeshire | 943 | 5.5 | 259 |
| South Derbyshire | 564 | 4.8 | 714 |
| South Gloucestershire | 2,189 | 7.2 | 1,536 |
| South Hams | 662 | 7.2 | 370 |
| South Holland | 1,751 | 17.6 | 720 |
| South Kesteven | 1,201 | 8.2 | 922 |
| South Norfolk | 567 | 3.8 | 725 |
| South Oxfordshire | 651 | 4.2 | 815 |
| South Ribble | 449 | 3.9 | 458 |
| South Staffordshire | 1,171 | 10.2 | 1,662 |
| South Tyneside | 3,443 | 22.7 | 4,400 |
| Southampton | 12,208 | 47.1 | 11,824 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 2,214 | 11.9 | 886 |
| Southwark | 18,530 | 58.9 | 17,872 |
| Spelthorne | 1,182 | 11.0 | 1,016 |
| St Albans | 919 | 6.1 | 746 |
| St Helens | 1,366 | 7.2 | 1,817 |
| Stafford | 452 | 3.2 | 427 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 397 | 4.1 | 359 |
| Stevenage | 3,058 | 33.3 | 1,794 |
| Stockport | 3,749 | 12.3 | 2,511 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 2,432 | 11.8 | 1,920 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 5,893 | 21.8 | 3,960 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 523 | 3.6 | 338 |
| Stroud | 1,232 | 9.8 | 994 |
| Sunderland | 9,481 | 32.9 | 8,829 |
| Surrey Heath | 665 | 7.0 | 411 |
| Sutton | 3,873 | 18.1 | 3,823 |
| Swale | 2,654 | 16.8 | 2,633 |
| Swindon | 3,759 | 15.4 | 1,504 |
| Tameside | 3,203 | 13.4 | 3,367 |
| Tamworth | 1,589 | 19.6 | 1,944 |
| Tandridge | 966 | 10.7 | 1,286 |
| Teignbridge | 1,051 | 7.6 | 1,536 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 5,811 | 29.7 | 3,330 |
| Tendring | 495 | 3.2 | 671 |
| Test Valley | 1,141 | 8.4 | 1,454 |
| Tewkesbury | 695 | 6.8 | 403 |
| Thanet | 2,578 | 18.1 | 2,066 |
| Three Rivers | 455 | 4.8 | 535 |
| Thurrock | 3,037 | 16.8 | 1,204 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 1,039 | 7.6 | 581 |
| Torbay | 1,556 | 11.1 | 741 |
| Torridge | 270 | 3.9 | 194 |
| Tower Hamlets | 6,029 | 18.2 | 7,365 |
| Trafford | 2,334 | 9.7 | 3,274 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 631 | 5.3 | 659 |
| Uttlesford | 351 | 3.7 | 274 |
| Vale of White Horse | 433 | 2.9 | 390 |
| Wakefield | 6,934 | 18.9 | 2,628 |
| Walsall | 6,604 | 22.3 | 3,441 |
| Waltham Forest | 10,246 | 36.6 | 9,260 |
| Wandsworth | 5,580 | 16.5 | 4,745 |
| Warrington | 2,216 | 10.3 | 838 |
| Warwick | 2,724 | 17.6 | 1,505 |
| Watford | 1,346 | 12.6 | 976 |
| Waverley | 715 | 5.3 | 447 |
| Wealden | 602 | 3.6 | 621 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 3,028 | 24.6 | 1,700 |
| West Berkshire | 1,043 | 6.3 | 886 |
| West Devon | 339 | 5.8 | 273 |
| West Lancashire | 2,122 | 17.4 | 1,870 |
| West Lindsey | 1,517 | 15.3 | 893 |
| West Northamptonshire | 21,304 | 48.4 | |
| West Oxfordshire | 985 | 8.1 | 682 |
| West Suffolk | 276 | 1.5 | 630 |
| Westminster | 20,047 | 95.5 | 15,283 |
| Westmorland and Furness | 1,546 | 6.7 | |
| Wigan | 3,110 | 9.0 | 887 |
| Wiltshire | 3,005 | 5.7 | 2,823 |
| Winchester | 736 | 5.4 | 1,089 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 905 | 5.7 | 944 |
| Wirral | 7,977 | 24.3 | 2,989 |
| Woking | 1,501 | 14.2 | 1,243 |
| Wokingham | 2,085 | 11.1 | 1,155 |
| Wolverhampton | 3,336 | 11.9 | 2,463 |
| Worcester | 512 | 4.8 | 341 |
| Worthing | 527 | 4.6 | 352 |
| Wychavon | 948 | 6.9 | 718 |
| Wyre | 615 | 5.2 | 1,405 |
| Wyre Forest | 831 | 8.0 | 518 |
| York | 2,309 | 11.0 | 1,540 |
Source
Defra copyright © 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Councils that changed boundaries in 2023 show no 2019/20 figure for the same area. Each council records incidents in its own way, so compare a council with itself over time rather than with its neighbour.