Rossendale council recorded 15.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 38% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,100, with back alleys the most common spot. Of those, 82 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £27,600 to clear. It issued 27 fixed penalty notices, 5 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 11 prosecutions.