Dartford council recorded 14.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 35% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,694, with the highway the most common spot. Of those, 1 was a tipper-lorry load or bigger, which cost £2,200 to clear. It issued 124 fixed penalty notices, 69 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.