Northumberland council recorded 12.6 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 15% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,623, with back alleys the most common spot. Of those, 15 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £5,035 to clear. It issued 44 fixed penalty notices, 1 of them a littering fixed penalty notice issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 20 prosecutions.