Parking fine revenue tops half a million, with significant increase in court cases

Revenue from parking fines in Gibraltar has topped over half a million for the first time since 2018, with £569,000 collected last year. 

The figures given in answer to GBC questions show that while almost 19,000 tickets were issued in 2024, this was well below the 2022 peak of 28,000. 

Only 10,000 fines were issued in 2023. This was significantly lower than any of the years we have figures for and GBC has asked the Government the reason for the variation.

The Government statistics on parking offences given to GBC also show a sharp rise in unpaid fines being referred to court – with 6000 more cases being heard in 2024 compared to 2023.

Fewer people are also paying their tickets, with less than half paid last year. 

Despite this, the increase in revenue in recent years could be down to the fact that price of parking fines doubled in 2022.

Although there has been stricter enforcement, the number of parking wardens in Gibraltar has not increased with Government confirming that twenty wardens remain employed under the existing contract.

Here are the figures we looked at:

Parking fine revenue by year

• 2017 – £551,090.35
• 2018 – £506,135.00
• 2019 – £402,750.00
• 2020 – £207,275.00
• 2021 – £266,025.00
• 2022 – £497,150.00
• 2023 – £394,199.20
• 2024 – £569,100.00

Percentage of tickets paid by year:

• 2017 – 72.5%
• 2018 – 75.0%
• 2019 – 67.6%
• 2020 – 71.5%
• 2021 – 55.2%
• 2022 – 68.5%
• 2023 – 60.1%
• 2024 – 46.5%