Statistics and information

How are we performing?

  • Performance measures monitor the quality of services we provide internally and externally.
  • We aim to respond to all complaints as quickly as possible and to minimise complaints of missed refuse collections and other service problems.
  • Some of our performance measures are shown here. 
Performance measure 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
% refuse/recycling collections missed 0.07% 0.01% 0.05% 0.05% 0.03% 0.02%
% missed collections put right the next day 98.9% 99.3% 90.3% 89.8% 97.9% 100%
% streets clean or acceptable 91% 94% 95% 95% 95% 97%
Number of street cleansing complaints 3,337 3,609 2,590 2,879 2,222 1,228
Number of refuse and recycling complaints 12,251 17,010 7,232 9,297 4,875 3,374
Average time to remove fly-tips (in days) 0.39 0.42 0.58 0.50 0.29 0.35