Fly tipping incidents are surging across the Moorlands, but crimes being recorded on CCTV have seen a significant decrease, the latest data has shown.

Data on fly tipping and CCTV recorded crimes was presented to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council's Community Overview & Scrutiny Panel at a meeting earlier this week.

It showed that the number of fly tipping investigations opened in the Moorlands has seen a large increase in recent years, with the number of investigations in each year shown below:

- 2018/19: 290

- 2019/20: 359

- 2020/21: 557

The number of abandoned vehicles investigated is also on the up, as shown below:

- 2018/19: 151

- 2019/20: 166

- 2020/21: 218

The number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for dog fouling has remained low, with a maximum of six FPNs being issues in any of the last three years.

However, the number of FPNs issued for littering has dropped significantly, with only 15 FPNs issued this year compared to 60 last year and 55 the year before.

Nub News reported previously how councillors voted to double the price of fines handed out to fly-tippers amid a "growing problem" of waste being dumped at local beauty spots.

At this week's meeting councillors were also shown data of incidents recorded on CCTV, which has decreased in recent years, as shown below:

- 2016/17: 208

- 2017/18: 206

- 2018/19:156

- 2019/20: 86

The council's CCTV system has 40 cameras that record images across the District with 24/7 monitoring from the control centre.

The control room and cameras are in the process of being upgraded from analogue to digital at a cost of around £275,000.

Councillors agreed that they were happy with the report presented.