Havering council recorded 14.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 29% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 4,532, with council land the most common spot. Of those, 577 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £206,290 to clear. It issued 815 fixed penalty notices, 418 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 7 prosecutions.