Tower Hamlets council recorded 30.8 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 2.8 times the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 6,029, most of them on footpaths and bridleways. Of those, 139 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £38,800 to clear. It issued 426 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.