Welcome to the new graffiti website. This site aims to raise awareness about the harmful effects of graffiti vandalism and provides practical advice to fight against it.

	What's new
Review of all legislation to stop graffiti vandalism The NSW Government is reviewing all legislation to stop graffiti vandalism, including consideration of a complete ban on the sale of aerosol paint. The review will also assess and examine the operation, effectiveness and implications of relevant legislation. To find out more click here Graffiti Statistics NSW recorded crime statistics indicate that from January 2001 to December 2006 there were a total of 591,321 incidents of malicious damage to property reported to the NSW Police Force.47,235 (8.0%) of these incidents related to graffiti vandalism. To find out more click here

 

	The cost of graffiti vandalism
In April 2002 the Honourable Harry Woods MP, then Minister for Local Government advised Parliament that graffiti vandalism costs NSW up to $100 million per year. Estimating the true cost of graffiti vandalism is complicated by the fact that many people do not report it and there is no central record keeping of incidents. For example, property owners may choose not to report graffiti vandalism to police or local councils, preferring to address the problem themselves. Estimates of costs incurred by utilities or councils may include clean up costs but not necessarily factor in costs of prevention or surveillance strategies. For instance, the City of Sydney Council in the 2005/06 financial year removed 242,797 incidents of graffiti vandalism and currently spends around $3 million per year on clean up costs. In addition to the monetary costs of graffiti vandalism removal and prevention, there are also the environmental and physical harms to consider. Graffiti vandalism and it's removal involve chemicals that can be harmful to the environment. These same chemicals can affect the physical wellbeing of perpetrators of graffiti vandalism. Currently these harms are not measured.