South Hams council recorded 7.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 36% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 662, most of them on the highway. Of those, 16 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £4,200 to clear. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought 2 prosecutions.