Leeds council recorded 15.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 42% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 13,923, with the highway the most common spot. Of those, 2,618 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £1,379,950 to clear. It issued 83 fixed penalty notices, 8 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 10 prosecutions.