A total of 2,954 cases of illegal waste dumping were recorded in York in the year up to March, up from 2,500 in 2023/4 and the highest since 2011.
Opposition Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Cllr Paula Widdowson said the increase followed the introduction of green bin charges, hikes in bulky waste collection fees and changes to tip opening times.
Cllr Jenny Kent, environment spokesperson for the council’s Labour administration, said the rise was in line with nationwide trends but York was faring better than other similar cities.
The 2,954 fly-tipping incidents recorded from April 2024 to March this year compares to 2,368 in 2022/3 and 1,960 five years ago in 2019/20.
A decade ago in 2014/5, the amount of fly-tipping cases recorded in York numbered 1,358.
The total was 1,525 in 2011/2, the earliest year with publicly available data.
Government figures showed there were 1.15 million incidents of fly-tipping across England in 2023/4, up by six per cent compared to the previous year.
National data for 2024/5 has not yet been released.
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