Fly-tipping statistics for England
Annual incidents of fly-tipping in England.
Applies to England
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This publication summarises the number and type of fly-tipping incidents and the enforcement actions taken against fly tipping in England.
Local authority fly-tipping enforcement league tables are no longer being produced and published as part of this release. However, the underlying data on which these league tables were based, continue to be published.
Fly-tipping is the illegal deposit of waste on land contrary to Section 33(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The types of waste fly-tipped range from ‘black bag’ waste to large deposits of materials such as industrial waste, tyres, construction material and liquid waste. Fly-tipping is a significant blight on local environments; a source of pollution; a potential danger to public health and hazard to wildlife. It also undermines legitimate waste businesses where unscrupulous operators undercut those operating within the law.
Local councils and the Environment Agency (EA) both have a responsibility in respect of illegally deposited waste. Local councils deal with most cases of fly tipping on public land, whilst the EA investigates and enforces against the larger, more serious and organised illegal waste crimes.
The associated data is available in CSV format and can be found here: Fly-tipping in England - data.gov.uk
Historic Releases
Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2022 to 2023
Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2021 to 2022
Local authority fly-tipping enforcement league tables for England, 2021/22
Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2020 to 2021
Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2019 to 2020
Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2018 to 2019
Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2017 to 2018
Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2016 to 2017
Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2015 to 2016
The next release see statistics release calendar
Defra statistics: Waste and Recycling
Updates to this page
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Annual update.
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Updates to HTML text file, charts and datasets.
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Various amendments and revisions to datasets as well as numerous textual changes.
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Reporting errors in the return.
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2023 data published.
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Amendments made to attachment entitled "Local Authority fly-tipping enforcement league tables for England, 2021/22".
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Additional fly-tipping publication, “Local authority fly-tipping enforcement league tables for England, 2021/22" added to landing page.
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New annual publication with data for 2021 to 2022.
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Three datasets updated.
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Updated publication with data for 2020/21 added.
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Statistical release with data for 2019/20.
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Releases for 2018/19 and 2017/18 have been made accessible.
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New annual publication.
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2018 publication released.
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Annual fly tipping statistical notice for 2016/17.
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Explanation of breach report added for this statistical notice.
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Annual update for the financial year 2015-16.
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new fly tipping figures for 2014 to 2015 published.
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There have been very minor data revisions made to the ‘actions’ for both 2012/13 and 2013/14 and the ‘outcomes’ figures for 2013/14.
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Annual update.
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2013 data
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Added a line linking to ENV24 and a new table on EA actions.
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First published.