Fixed Penalty Notices: Environmental and Waste Offenses in Leeds Council Wards

Leeds City Council's dataset on Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for offenses like littering, fly-tipping, and dog fouling, automatically updated on the first of each month. It records fine amounts, payment statuses, cancellation dates, and related prosecution actions. The data is published by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of environmental offenses based on council ward and postcode sector data.
• Modeling payment compliance and discount uptake based on fine amounts and payment dates.
• Tracking prosecution rates for non-payment based on the prosecution flag.
• Categorizing offense types and related legislation based on the provided description and type codes.

Strengths

• Includes temporal data with service and payment dates, enabling time-series analysis.
• Contains spatial identifiers for council ward and postcode sector, allowing for geographic mapping.
• Documents known data caveats, such as rare ward misassignments from UPRN usage.
• Describes a clear update frequency, being automatically refreshed monthly.

Limitations

• Last updated 2020-11-26 16:18:01.633000; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes potential minor spatial inaccuracies for a small number of records located on streets.

Provenance

Source

Leeds City Council, published via the Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Administrative records from the council's enforcement activities.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified in the input.

Freshness

Automatically updated on the 1st of each month; last metadata update was 2020-11 26.

Geography

Council wards and postcode sectors within Leeds, UK.