ENGLAND’S LITTER INDEX: Most fined areas

06/03/2024

Over 165,000 fines have been handed out for littering in just one year across England.

Quotezone.co.uk analysed the findings across the English regions to create a top 10 list of areas with the highest volume of litter fines – based on a series of Freedom of Information requests by litter campaigners Clean Up Britain*.

	REGION IN ENGLAND	NO. OF LITTER FINES
1	LONDON	56354
2	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	28327
3	EAST OF ENGLAND	19805
4	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	17013
5	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	11695
6	WEST MIDLANDS	10949
7	EAST MIDLANDS	8922
8	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	6937
9	WEST OF ENGLAND	3470
10	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	1848

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Responses from the councils show the difference in enforcement across the regions, with the most recent data (2021/22) showing 21% of councils issued zero fines for littering.

Now, councils are cracking down on punishments, with even larger on-the-spot fines being handed out to offenders.

Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER
Kingston upon Hull, City of	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	£100 reduced to £80 if paid within 7 days	100	4504
Rotherham	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days	150	2101
Doncaster	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	150	150	1599
Barnsley	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	100	100	1216
Sheffield	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	80	80	1188
Kirklees	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	75	75	501
Redcar and Cleveland	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	150	150	206
Bradford	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days	75	186
North Yorkshire	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes			67
Leeds	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	£100 reduced to £80 if paid within 10 days	100	60
Wakefield	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 if paid within 7 days	75	34
Calderdale	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	100	100	24
York	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	£110 reduced to £80 if paid within 10 days	110	3
East Riding of Yorkshire	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	2
North East Lincolnshire	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	150	150	2
North Lincolnshire	YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER	Yes	150	150	2
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	16	AVERAGE FINE	114	11695
WEST OF ENGLAND
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
Bristol, City of	WEST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £75	150	3430
Bath and North East Somerset	WEST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days	150	40
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	2	AVERAGE FINE	150	3470
WEST MIDLANDS
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
Telford and Wrekin	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	£80 reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days. Littering from Vehicle = £150 discounted to £80 if paid within 14 days	80	110
Dudley	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	75	75	4143
Wolverhampton	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	75	75	1663
Walsall	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150 reduced to £120 if paid within 10 days	150	1429
Nuneaton and Bedworth	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	£100 reduced to £80 if paid within 10 working days	100	1239
Coventry	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	£100 reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days	100	964
Newcastle-under-Lyme	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	75	75	853
Worcester	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	100	100	193
Wyre Forest	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	189
Stoke-on-Trent	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	£80 reduced to £50 if paid within 7 days	80	87
Wychavon	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	23
Herefordshire, County of	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 for early payment	150	21
South Staffordshire	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	75	75	20
Malvern Hills	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	6
Sandwell	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	6
Redditch	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	80	80	1
Shropshire	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days	75	1
Solihull	WEST MIDLANDS	Yes	£100 reduced to £75 if paid in first 7 days	100	1
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	18	AVERAGE FINE	106	10949
SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
Torbay	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	3424
Gloucester	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £75 for early payment	100	1514
North Somerset	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	1177
Plymouth	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	662
Teignbridge	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	77
South Gloucestershire	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £75 for prompt payment	150	24
Dorset	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £75 if paid within 7 days	100	23
Cheltenham	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes		150	18
North Devon	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £80 if paid within 7 days	100	5
Tewkesbury	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days	75	5
Cotswold	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	3
Torridge	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	3
East Devon	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	1
Somerset	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	1
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	14	AVERAGE FINE	110	6937
SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
Milton Keynes	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£125 discounted to £80 for early payment	125	7982
Medway	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £90 if paid within 10 days	150	4839
Windsor and Maidenhead	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	2637
Dartford	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	2110
Swale	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	1384
Brighton and Hove	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	1335
Arun	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	1113
Canterbury	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £90 if paid within 10 days	150	1063
Rushmoor	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	949
Woking	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days	100	887
Dover	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £75 if paid within 10 days	100	767
Rother	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	726
Crawley	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days	80	612
Havant	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	352
Hart	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	219
Folkestone and Hythe	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	204
Adur	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	172
Worthing	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	172
Croydon	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 for early repayment	150	159
Portsmouth	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 for early payment	150	104
Reigate and Banstead	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	98
East Hampshire	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	96
Maidstone	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£120 reduced to £90 if paid within 15 days	120	91
Oxford	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £75 if paid within 10 days	150	54
Reading	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	28
Spelthorne	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	26
Gravesham	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	18
Hastings	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	18
Horsham	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	15
South Oxfordshire	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £50	80	15
Fareham	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£80 and £100 for littering from vehicles	80	14
Wokingham	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	14
Eastbourne	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£75-200	150	10
Test Valley	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £75 if paid within 7 days	150	10
Basingstoke and Deane	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	7
Vale of White Horse	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £50	80	5
Buckinghamshire	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	4
Lewes	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£75-100	150	4
Tunbridge Wells	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	3
Waverley	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	3
Mole Valley	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £65	100	2
Thanet	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	2
Ashford	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	1
Epsom and Ewell	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £80 for early payment	100	1
Tonbridge and Malling	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	1
Wealden	SOUTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	1
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	46	AVERAGE FINE	110	28327
NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
Manchester	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £120 if paid within 10 days	150	10521
Burnley	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	2317
Wyre	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	987
Rossendale	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	90	90	934
Salford	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	595
Knowsley	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	458
Trafford	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	390
Bolton	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £75 if paid within 14 days	150	166
Oldham	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £70 if paid within 10 days	100	150
Cheshire West and Chester	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£120 reduced to £90 if paid within 10 days	120	121
Cumberland	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	98
Blackpool	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £65 if paid within 10 days	150	53
Blackburn with Darwen	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	50
Preston	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £75 if paid within 7 days	150	36
Bury	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 for early payment	75	35
Wigan	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150, reduced to £75 if paid within 14 days	150	33
Liverpool	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	31
Rochdale	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £65 for early payment	150	25
St. Helens	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	4
West Lancashire	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	4
South Ribble	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	2
Cheshire East	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	1
Stockport	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £75 if paid within 7 days	100	1
Tameside	NORTH WEST ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	1
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	24	AVERAGE FINE	114	17013
NORTH EAST ENGLAND
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
County Durham	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days (or £65 if you complete the litter awareness elearning course)	150	1117
Stockton-on-Tees	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £95 if paid within 10 days	150	471
North Tyneside	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days	80	129
Hartlepool	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	78
Newcastle upon Tyne	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£100 paid in 14 days, £75 paid in 10 days	150	27
Northumberland	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £65 if paid within 7 day	80	11
Darlington	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £75 if paid within 14 days	150	9
Middlesbrough	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days	80	4
South Tyneside	NORTH EAST ENGLAND	Yes	50	50	2
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	9	AVERAGE FINE	107	1848
LONDON
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
Tower Hamlets	LONDON	Yes	£80 discounted to £50 if paid within 10 days)	80	116
Lambeth	LONDON	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	18189
Ealing	LONDON	Yes	150	150	8476
Enfield	LONDON	Yes	150	150	7675
Hounslow	LONDON	Yes	120	120	5860
Merton	LONDON	Yes	150	150	3826
Bexley	LONDON	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	3714
Haringey	LONDON	Yes	150	150	1718
Camden	LONDON	Yes	100	100	1105
Redbridge	LONDON	Yes	150	150	1059
Lewisham	LONDON	Yes	“Levels for fines are nationally set”	150	878
Sutton	LONDON	Yes	150	150	847
Newham	LONDON	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	825
Greenwich	LONDON	Yes	£80 reduced to £60 if paid within 10 days	80	645
City of London	LONDON	Yes	£150 reduced to £80 if paid within 14 days	150	489
Havering	LONDON	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	321
Barnet	LONDON	Yes	£100 reduced to £70 if paid within 14 days	100	137
Waltham Forest	LONDON	Yes	150	150	124
Barking and Dagenham	LONDON	Yes	150	150	110
Kingston upon Thames	LONDON	Yes	150	150	77
Hammersmith and Fulham	LONDON	Yes	£80 reduced to £60 for early payment	80	68
Kensington and Chelsea	LONDON	Yes	150	150	50
Islington	LONDON	Yes	£100 reduced to £80 if paid within 14 days	100	44
Westminster	LONDON	Yes	£150 reduced to £95 if paid within 10 days	150	1
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	24	AVERAGE FINE	134	56354
EAST OF ENGLAND
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
Harlow	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	80	80	6111
Southampton	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £65 if paid within 10 days	100	3730
Thurrock	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	3599
Brentwood	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	3565
Dacorum	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£80 with no early repayment discount	80	1365
Basildon	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	120	120	566
Luton	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £75 if paid within 10 days	150	450
Chelmsford	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 for early repayment	150	17
East Suffolk	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£80 if paid within 14 days, £60 if paid within 10 days	80	14
Braintree	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £80 if paid within 7 days	100	11
Welwyn Hatfield	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	75	75	10
Rochford	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£100 reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days	100	9
East Cambridgeshire	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	7
Maldon	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	7
Central Bedfordshire	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £60 if paid within 10 days	80	6
Babergh	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £60 for early payment	80	4
Mid Suffolk	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £60 for early payment	80	4
Epping Forest	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	3
Great Yarmouth	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£80 (Reduced to £60 if paid within 10 days)	80	2
Fenland	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	1
North Hertfordshire	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£80 reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days	80	1
Three Rivers	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	1
Uttlesford	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	150	150	1
Peterborough	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	100	100	162
Cambridge	EAST OF ENGLAND	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 for early repayment	150	159
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	25	AVERAGE FINE	115	19805
EAST MIDLANDS
Authority	REGION	Issue Fines? Yes / No	Fine	Full Amount	Littering Fines (FPNs) Issued 2021/20223
Boston	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 7 days	150	3048
Rushcliffe	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£100 reduced to £75 if paid within 14 days	100	1761
Nottingham	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days	75	1278
Newark and Sherwood	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150 reduced to £75	150	1188
West Northamptonshire	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	1094
Leicester	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 for early payment	150	139
South Holland	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£75 of paid within 14 days, £50 if paid within 7 days	75	94
Derby	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 for early payment	75	92
North West Leicestershire	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	45
South Kesteven	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	36
North East Derbyshire	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150, reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	29
Ashfield	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£100 with £75 for early repayment within 10 days	100	23
East Lindsey	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	22
Bolsover	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days	150	17
Mansfield	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£100 reduced to £80 if paid within 7 days	100	16
Chesterfield	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150 reduced to £70 if paid within 14 days	150	15
North Northamptonshire	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	100	100	5
Erewash	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£100 reduced to £65 for early payment	100	4
Amber Valley	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£80 reduced to £60 if paid within 10 days	80	3
Broxtowe	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£75 reduced to £50 for early payment	75	3
Harborough	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	150	150	3
Lincoln	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	75	75	3
Rutland	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	100	100	2
Blaby	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	£150 reduced to £100 for early payment	150	1
Melton	EAST MIDLANDS	Yes	100	100	1
TOTALS	RESPONDING COUNCILS WHO FINE	25	AVERAGE FINE	118	8922
GRAND TOTAL					165320

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*The data used in this story was from a FOI request to all of England’s 318 councils, of which 261 responded-https://cleanupbritain.org/major-new-research-undertaken-by-clean-up-britain/

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