Fly-tipping

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/007396/D

Version Date: 10/02/2025

Please note that in most instances fly-tipping will be reported to and recorded by the relevant council and not the police: Fly-tipping and other littering | Devon & Cornwall Police.

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information.

Data Source:

Force Crime Recording System Niche

Data Processing: 

QlikSense report Crime and Outcomes filtered on

No -Crimes: Excluded

Crimed date: 01/04/21 - 31/03/24

Home Office Code: 091/15 and 091/16

 Cause the deposit of controlled / extractive waste in / on land without a permit (recordable)

 Deposit without an environmental permit controlled / extractive waste in / on land (recordable)

BCU: all except Out of Force

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QlikSense Incidents Report filtered on

Created date: 01/04/21 - 31/03/24

Brought down 'attended flag' for matching into incident data

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Qlikview Storm FreeText Data Reports 2021 -2024

Created date: 01/04/21 - 31/03/24

Freetext Search  keywords *flytipping* and *fly tipping*

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Caveats/Limitations

The presence of a keyword only indicates its presence in the Incident Log and not its relevance to an incident

Each log has been reviewed for relevance. All the below data is relevant but please note each report made to the force may include fly-tipping as well as several other incidents.

1) How many fly-tipping incidents were reported to your force in the following financial years: 2023/24, 2022/23, and 2021/22.

2) How many of these fly-tipping incidents resulted in an officer attending the scene in the following financial years: 2023/24, 2022/23, and 2021/22.