The top ten streets where Edinburgh drivers are most likely to be slapped with a parking ticket have been revealed.
Last year, the City of Edinburgh Council issued 98,721 parking fines which amounted to £2,882,088 - with over a third of fines issued to the drivers parked on just ten capital streets, data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows.
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A report from the City of Edinburgh Council found that a third - £1,163,608 - of the last year's total parking fine revenue came from ten parking ticket hotspots, with the top one - the New Town's George Street - alone bringing £461,738 in the council's budget.
Last year, the vibrant and always busy George Street saw an astonishing number of 10,262 parking tickets issued, making it by far the most likely spot motorists can get a parking fine in the capital.
The New Town street is followed by St Andrew Square - another city centre location right at the end of George Street itself - where there were 2,589 parking tickets issued with the total amount of £126,350.
On the other end of George Street is Charlotte Square, which comes third on the list of Edinburgh parking fines hotspots, with 2,089 tickets issued last year - summing up to £90,870.
Concluding the George Street area as the capital's parking tickets epicentre, the parallel Queen Street follows the top three spots on the list with 1 858 drivers being fined there and collectively bringing to the revenue £85,730.
Here is the complete list of the top ten streets in Edinburgh, ranked by the number of parking tickets issued there in 2021, including the sum of those tickets:
- George Street - 10 262 tickets - £461,738
- St Andrew Square - 2 589 tickets - £126,350
- Charlotte Square - 2 089 tickets - £90,870
- Queen Street - 1 858 tickets - £85,730
- Arboretum Place - 1 838 tickets - £77,190
- Chambers Street - 1 818 tickets - £84,190
- Bruntsfield Place - 1 481 tickets - £60,690
- Market Street - 1 343 tickets - £61,350
- Chalmers Street - 1 310 tickets- £60,270
- East Market Street - 1 265 tickets - £55,230
If you see vehicles that are not parked appropriately, you can report it on the council's website here.
