Recorded fly-tipping incidents by local authority
These figures are published as Official Statistics. The total number of fly-tipping incidents recorded by local authorities in Wales should be greater or equal to the total number of fly-tipping incidents by size, as it relates to the fly-tipping incidents cleared by the local authority only, not those cleared by others. However, after carrying out quality assurance checks on historic data this was found not to be the case for 2007-08 and 2010-11. To ensure this issue doesn’t occur in future years, validation processes will be improved to ensure consistency between data relating to incidents recorded by local authorities and incidents cleared by local authorities.
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Recorded fly-tipping incidents in Wales, by local authorityLast update
Last update: March 2016Was added to StatsWales: February 2013
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TBCPublishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Flycapture, Environment AgencyContact email
stats.environment@wales.gsi.gov.ukDesignation
NoneLowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local authoritiesGeographical coverage
Local authoritiesLanguages covered
English and WelshGeneral description
Flycapture is the national database of fly-tipping incidents and enforcement action that was set up by Defra, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association to record the incidents and cost of illegally dumped waste dealt with by local authorities.Data collection and calculation
The costs on the Flycapture database for the size categories (single items, single black bags, car boot or less, small van loads and transit van loads) are set in the system based on national averages calculated when the system went live in April 2004. For the other categories (tipper lorry loads and significant multiple loads), the costs are entered by the local authority. As these costs vary, a rise or decrease in incidents will not necessarily have the same rise or decrease in costs; i.e. an increase in smaller incidents and a decrease in larger incidents will give a significant difference in rise of costs.It should be noted that prosecutions do not necessarily take place in the same year as the relevant fly-tipping incident occurs.
Successful outcomes include: conditional discharge, community service, fine, custodial sentence and other successful outcomes.
Whilst fly-tipping figures are no longer designated as “National Statistics”, they continue to be published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
