Overview
- West Oxfordshire says it has stepped up enforcement this year, completing 107 investigations, issuing 11 fixed penalty notices and 31 warning letters and using cameras that it credits with a 96% fall in incidents in one hotspot.
- Wychavon recorded 1,323 fly‑tipping incidents in 2025 but issued just one fixed penalty notice and brought no prosecutions, according to figures released under a freedom of information request.
- Wychavon reported rising clearance costs—£4,153 in 2025/26 versus £1,040 the year before—and has raised its maximum fine for fly‑tipping from £1,000 to £5,000.
- Both councils are taking part in Keep Britain Tidy’s Fight Fly‑Tipping Fortnight and urge residents to check waste‑carrier registration numbers, keep receipts and use the Environment Agency’s public register to avoid being held liable if rubbish is later dumped illegally.
- Local differences in outcomes are likely driven by staffing, investigative thresholds and tactics such as hotspot CCTV and WasteGuard lists, and the trend toward higher fines and targeted deterrence could change how councils allocate budgets and protect communities from blight.