Adur council recorded 11.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 547, with the highway the most common spot. Of those, 153 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £30,600 to clear. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.