Revealed: Top 10 worst streets for fly-tipping around Wakefield, Pontefract, Castleford and Normanton

Here are the top ten worst streets for fly-tipping in Wakefield.

The illegal dumping of waste – or fly-tipping – is a problem many councils are faced with across the country.

If caught, perpetrators can be met with a fine, criminal record, and sometimes a prison sentence.

In 2024, over 4,000 reports of fly-tipping were received by Wakefield Council, and there were over 400 incidents of fly-tipping shared between the top 10 streets where waste is most frequently dumped in the district.

Click through the gallery to see which streets were the worst for fly-tipping last year and how many incidents each one had.

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