Stroud council recorded 8.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 19% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,232, most of them on the highway. Of those, 121 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £37,300 to clear. It issued 1 fixed penalty notice and brought no prosecutions.