Report Graffiti on Private Property or Land
If the graffiti is on private land, it is usually the responsibility of the landowner you will need to ask them to remove it.
How to report non-offensive graffiti
Contact the owner of the property, for example:
- billboards or advertising hoardings, contact details are usually displayed on the billboard
- BT telephone boxes, email customer.serv.payphones@bt.com
- bus stop shelters, contact details are usually displayed on the shelter
- churches, contact the church or diocese directly
- construction hoardings, contact details are usually displayed on the hoarding
- post boxes, email customer.service.team@royalmail.com
- railway bridges, email customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- green utility boxes, contact Openreach 0800 023 2023 (option 1)
The Council may authorise its contractors (Ubico) to remove graffiti from private property. A site assessment will be completed prior to any agreement being entered into. The property owner will be charged for the service, and a disclaimer will need to be signed prior to any work being carried out. To enquire about this service please contact us
How to report offensive graffiti on private land
If the graffiti is offensive and on private property, you can report the incident to us for investigation.
Offensive graffiti is any wording or imagery that causes offense such as:
- racial
- offensive language
- religiously insulting or inciting nature
- hate statements
- graphically explicit images sexual or violent nature.
Report graffiti on private land
What happens next
We try to help private landowners clear offensive graffiti as quickly as possible.