Halton council recorded 3.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 66% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 479, with back alleys the most common spot. Of those, 25 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £8,840 to clear. It issued 61 fixed penalty notices, 28 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 14 prosecutions.