Hartlepool council recorded 29.5 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.7 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,182, with back alleys the most common spot. Of those, 397 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £435,750 to clear. It issued 279 fixed penalty notices, 67 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.
Fly-tippers on the Headland have a lovely sea view while proving they're absolute arseholes.