Environmental Enforcement Fixed Penalty Notices in Barnet

Barnet Council's dataset records all Fixed Penalty Notices issued for environmental crimes like littering and fly-tipping since July 2016. The data likely contains demographic details of offenders, including gender, age range, and ethnicity for notices issued under the older NSL contract. Analysis can track enforcement patterns across different areas and offence types over time.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of environmental offences based on the 'Area' column.
• Assessing payment compliance rates by cross-referencing 'FPN Paid' and 'FPN Amount paid'.
• Evaluating demographic trends in enforcement actions using 'Gender of Offender' and 'Age Range of Offender'.
• Comparing enforcement intensity across different time periods and contractor regimes (NSL vs. Kingdom Services Group).
• Investigating the prevalence of specific offences like 'Fly-tipping' or 'Duty of Care' breaches.

Strengths

• Covers a long time series, with records spanning from July 2016 to at least April 2026.
• Contains detailed demographic and payment outcome variables for granular analysis.
• Appears on multiple open data platforms, indicating a degree of official curation and public interest.

Limitations

• Key metadata is missing or conflicting: row counts, file size, license, and author are not provided on any platform.
• The column structure differs between the two described contract periods, potentially complicating longitudinal analysis.
• The 'Last updated' field shows a significant discrepancy, with one source listing 2022 and another 2026, creating uncertainty about data freshness.

Provenance

Source

London Borough of Barnet Council, issued under contracts with NSL and Kingdom Services Group Limited.

Collection Method

Administrative records generated as part of environmental enforcement operations.

Time Range

July 2016 to present (with data current as of April 2026).

Freshness

The most recent 'last updated' date provided is 2026-04-29.

Geography

London Borough of Barnet, United Kingdom.