Newcastle upon Tyne council recorded 51.7 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 4.7 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 16,731, with council land the most common spot. Of those, 256 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £75,010 to clear. It issued 157 fixed penalty notices, 54 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 67 prosecutions.