London boroughs exceed parking fines of major cities by more than double
Camden raised £13.3m in parking fines, compared with £6.1m in Leeds
London boroughs raised tens of millions of pounds in parking fines in the last financial year, eclipsing some of the most populous UK cities outside the capital.
The London borough of Camden raised the most cash at £13,247,011 from 237,306 penalty charge notices (PCN), followed by Islington with £12,865,842 raised from 260,340 PCNs. The top five was rounded out by Newham, Hammersmith and Fulham, and City of London.
Four of the top five London boroughs raised more than double the amount of the largest city outside of the capital. Leeds in Yorkshire raised £6,175,573 from 133,949 tickets, putting it behind 17 London boroughs.
Of the other cities outside London, Edinburgh was second, raising £5,903,306 from 191,563 tickets, followed by Manchester, which issued the highest number of PCNs at 545,314, raising £5,364,657.
The data was compiled by insurance comparison site Compare the Market through Freedom of Information requests for the income generated from parking PCNs by the 30 most populous UK cities and every London borough in the most recent financial year available.
