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Reporting Graffiti

Graffiti is a criminal offence and should be reported to police who may use information about a graffiti attack in a future prosecution of graffiti offenders.

Reporting graffiti to the relevant authority may also facilitate its rapid removal. It is generally agreed that the rapid removal of graffiti is a strong deterrent to further graffiti in any given location. Graffiti offenders want their graffiti to be seen, so the impact is lessened if the graffiti is removed as soon as possible after application.

Some local councils have dedicated graffiti hotlines and/or online graffiti reporting forms.

Reporting graffiti in-progress

Call 000 for immediate police attendance. If you see someone in the act of vandalising property or marking graffiti.  Do not approach the person.  Be aware of your own safety.

Reporting existing graffiti

Contact you local council or police station … to report property that has previously been graffitied.  You may also choose to contact the property owner.

• Find your local council online by following the 'Find Your Local Council' link in the right hand menus. 
• Find your local police station online by following the 'Your Local Police' link in the right hand menus.
• Find a list of property owners in ‘Contacts to Report Graffiti’ in the right hand menus.

Report someone you know is involved in graffiti

Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000... to report someone you know who has been involved in marking graffiti or vandalising property, or to report the 'owner' of a 'tag' that you have seen marked illegally on property. Call Crime Stoppers 365 days of the year from 7:00am to 11:00pm. For translation services call 13 14 50. Crime Stoppers does not require that you identify yourself. The telephone operators do not have Caller ID.