Tendring council recorded 3.5 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 68% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 495, most of them on the highway. Of those, 4 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £1,000 to clear. It issued 1 fixed penalty notice and brought no prosecutions.