How bad is fly-tipping in Staffordshire Moorlands?
Staffordshire Moorlands council recorded 3.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 65% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 397, most of them on the highway. Of those, 25 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £12,900 to clear. It issued 24 fixed penalty notices, 7 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought no prosecutions.