Harborough council recorded 3.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 67% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 333, most of them on the highway. Of those, 5 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £1,305 to clear. It issued 2 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.