Medway council recorded 19.4 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 1.8 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 6,262, with footpaths and bridleways the most common spot. Of those, 682 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £240,680 to clear. It issued 161 fixed penalty notices, 18 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 3 prosecutions.
Rochester would call a dumped wardrobe Chatham furniture.