Dorset council recorded 4.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 62% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,410, most of them on the highway. Of those, 52 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £9,480 to clear. It issued 22 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.