Newark and Sherwood council recorded 13.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 19% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,645, with the highway the most common spot. Of those, 85 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £11,640 to clear. It issued 230 fixed penalty notices, 44 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 6 prosecutions.