Bedford council recorded 10.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 7% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,988, most of them on footpaths and bridleways. Of those, 35 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £12,280 to clear. It issued 90 fixed penalty notices, 15 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 9 prosecutions.