The City of Perth has raked in more than $7 million in parking fines in the past 12 months, shock new figures show.

During that time, parking inspectors issued more than 87,000 parking infringements, with motorists on Hay Street in the CBD hit with almost 6000 of those tickets.

According to the figures, that equates to around 16 tickets issued each day on Hay Street alone.

Camera Icon The City of Perth has reaped more than $7m in parking fines in 12 months. Credit: 7 News

Other areas to avoid include Murray Street in Perth (average 13 tickets issued per day) and Aberdeen and Francis Streets in Northbridge (average eight tickets per day).

The figures showed parking inspectors issue more than 200 tickets every month to drivers parked on James Street in Northbridge, rounding out the top five areas to avoid.

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Even drivers who bought tickets were not immune from the infringements, with tickets placed upside down, tickets curled up in the sun and tickets that had fallen from the dashboard all considered a non-purchase.

Of all the parking tickets issued in the past 12 months, only four per cent were cancelled.

The City of Perth says the millions of dollars raised from parking fines goes back into the community to pay for things such as free WiFi, CCTV security and road maintenance.