Chesterfield council recorded 5.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 54% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 615, with council land the most common spot. Of those, 1 was a tipper-lorry load or bigger, which cost £325 to clear. It issued 5 fixed penalty notices, 1 of them a littering fixed penalty notice issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.