Cumberland council recorded 12.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2023-24 to 2024-25, 15% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,399, with back alleys the most common spot. Of those, 31 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £10,960 to clear. It issued 135 fixed penalty notices, 26 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.