Redbridge Council led court prosecutions leave grime crime offenders with fines totalling over £25k

Published: 15 January 2026

Four grime crime cases heard in court on the same day, have resulted in fines of over £25k - the highest total amount issued in a single day for court prosecutions led by Redbridge Council’s Neighbourhood Enforcement Team. 

Two Redbridge based businesses, and six locals were all found guilty recently in a series of waste related court prosecutions brought before Barkingside Magistrates Court  all on the same  day.

The successful prosecutions involved:

·       A family from Seven Kings Road who were each charged with multiple counts of fly-tipping for dumping rubbish on their street by the junction of Green Lane, Seven Kings. All three pleaded guilty and were issued with fines and court costs giving a combined total of £7410.

·       Three people from the same property in Fairfield Road, Ilford, who were charged with fly-tipping after furniture and household waste found dumped in Ilford, was traced back to them. They each pleaded guilty leading to a combined total of £6,267 being issued in fines and court costs.

·       An Ilford based take-away outlet charged with multiple counts of fly-tipping, and one charge of failing to produce documents required by law to show how a business disposes of its commercial waste. After pleading guilty to all charges, the business was sentenced to fines, court and council costs - all totalling £4902

·    A food outlet in Ilford that repeatedly left its bins overflowing with rubbish and dumped waste on the street, was found guilty of two fly-tipping offences and breaching a legal order relating to the storage of its commercial waste. The business was sentenced to fines, and council costs – all totalling £7274

All four cases were brought to prosecution by Redbridge Council’s Neighbourhood Enforcement Team after the law breakers failed to pay the initial Fixed Penalty Notices issued to them for their grime crimes. 

A combined total of £25,853 was handed out in fines and courts costs across the four cases, making it the team’s most successful day in court. 

The Council’s rate for securing court convictions and high fines, act as a warning to others who think they can get away with making a mess in Redbridge. 

If you spot a fly-tip in the borough you can easily report it online through the council’s Report It page:  https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/report-it/

All fly tips made known to the council are recorded and investigated, with enforcement action being taken if evidence is found. The council aims to clear all recorded fly-tips on council land and the highway within 24 hours of it being reported. You can also submit evidence of perpetrators or their vehicles on the Council’s Report It page which will aid enforcement investigations.

Alternatively, use Redbridge Council’s Love Clean Streets app, to help make reporting local street scene issues even easier.  Report fly-tips, missed bin collections, potholes and more at the touch of a button. Find out more: https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/report-it/love-clean-streets-app

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