Chelmsford council recorded 3.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 65% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 650, most of them on the highway. Of those, 183 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £36,050 to clear. It issued 22 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.