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Fly-tipping: National database - Flycapture 2006-2007 data

Fly-tipping: National database - Flycapture - 2006-2007data

Headline statistics from the third year (2006-2007) of Flycapture were published October 2007.

 
2006-2007 data

Initial headline statistics from the third year of Flycapture indicate:

  • 2.6m fly-tipping incidents dealt with by local authorities in England (1.3m excluding LCC)
  • Fly-tipping costs local authorities alone almost £76m a year to clear up (£58m excluding LCC).
  • 77% of fly-tips involved household waste (56% excluding LCC)

This year Liverpool (LCC) have been included into the analysis, however due to their large numbers of small fly-tips we have also provided data with Liverpool excluded.  The past years' data have been corrected to take account of amendments and additions made by local authorities. Any comparisons were made to the corrected data. For a more detailed look at the national data April 2006 - March 2007:

Local Authority breakdown

This year we have published a local authority breakdown of incidents, costs and prosecutions for all the three years of Flycapture. While all local authorities have now registered on the database, the amount and type of information being provided can vary between them.

County councils are not required to supply data to Flycapture but have been included in this table as some have supplied us with information.

Regional breakdowns

The following are regional data sheets produced from the Flycapture data reported by local authorities within each of the Government Office regions. Care has to be taken not to make comparisons between regions.

While all local authorities have now registered on the database, the amount and type of information being provided can vary between them.

Regional Flycapture headline sheets April 2006 - March 2007

East Midlands
(PDF 55 KB)

  • costing local authorities over £3.7 million per year
  • 75,953 incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region.
  • 58% of incidents involved household waste.

East of England
(PDF 55 KB)

  • costing local authorities over £3.9 million per year
  • 73,774 incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region
  • 57% of incidents involved household waste.

London
amended November 2007
(PDF 100 KB)
  • Fly-tipping in the London region is costing local authorities in over £19.5 million per year
  • 588,432incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region
  • 48% of incidents involved household waste.

North East
amended November 2007
(PDF 55 KB)

  • costing local authorities nearly £5.8 million per year
  • 86,137 incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region
  • 65% of incidents involved household waste.

North West
(PDF 55 KB)

  • costing local authorities over £21.7 million per year
  • 1.4 million incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region
  • 95% of incidents involved household waste.

South East
(PDF 55 KB)

  • costing local authorities nearly £5.8 million per year
  • 124,441 incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region
  • 63% of incidents involved household waste.

South West
(PDF 55 KB)

  • costing local authorities over £1.9 million per year
  • 36,902 incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region
  • 55% of incidents involved household waste.

West Midlands
amended November 2007
(PDF 55 KB)

  • costing local authorities over £4.2 million per year
  • 73,093incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region
  • 55% of incidents involved household waste.

Yorkshire and Humber
(PDF 55 KB)

  • costing local authorities over £6.5 million per year
  • 163,480 incidents were dealt with by local authorities in the region
  • 70% of incidents involved household waste.
Environment Agency

The Environment Agency (EA) has a very important role in dealing with fly-tipping. The Environment Agency deals mainly with the larger illegal dumping incidents – termed as 'Big, Bad and Nasty'. Most of these illegal dumps are bigger than a ‘tipper load’. Incidents involving organised crime and drummed hazardous waste can involve multiple incidents less than a tipper load in size.

The EA also submits data to the Flycapture database. In England during 2006-2007:

  • The EA dealt with a total of 982 illegal waste dumping incidents
  • Estimated to have cost the EA £150,000 to clear up incidents of illegally dumped waste
  • The EA took 161 prosecutions forward in relation to illegal waste activities, resulting in over £422,000 in fines
  • Average fine per prosecution was £3,298
  • Further information on The Environment Agency's 2005-2006 data (PDF 50 KB)

Page last modified: 30 November 2007
Page published: 9 October

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs