FOI/EIR 25/26-482-Fly Tipping

Number of fly tips and hot spots in 2025

Request received 12 January 2026

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like:

1) the total number of fly-tipping incidents reported in 2023-24 in the East Cambridgeshire District Council area,

2) a list of the top 5-10 fly-tipping hotspot locations (street names or postcodes), and

3) current enforcement measures (CCTV, patrols) and annual budget for fly-tipping

clean up/enforcement in 2023-24.

Responded 19 January 2026

1.
East Cambridgeshire DC - Incidents of fly tipping
20232024
January
44 - 2023
54 - 2024
February
60 - 2023
28 - 2024
March
39 - 2023
50 - 2024
April
31 - 2023
38 - 2024
May
38 - 2023
26 - 2024
June
21 - 2023
26 - 2024
July
27 - 2023
39 - 2024
August
30 - 2023
49 - 2024
September
36 - 2023
23 - 2024
October 
40 - 2023
30 - 2024
November
33 - 2023
30 - 2024
December
45 - 2023
39 - 2024
Calendar Year Totals
444 - 2023
432 - 2024
2.
Pools Road Wilburton.
Ely Way, Haddenham.
Whitecross Road and Parsons Lane Wilburton.
Red Fen Road Little Thetford.
Common Gate Drove, Isleham.
3.
We do not hold data for the cost of clearance and/or budgets for fly tipping, as this is built into the Waste / Environmental Services budget as a whole.
Current enforcement measures include investigation of the fly tips.