Hackney council recorded 118 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 10.7 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 31,042, with footpaths and bridleways the most common spot. Of those, 1,799 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £420,399 to clear. It issued 106 fixed penalty notices, 71 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.