Graffiti

It's illegal to draw or paint graffiti on public or private property without permission. 

If you get caught and are found guilty you can be fined up to £5,000.

We’ll remove graffiti if it’s:

• offensive
• on property owned by the council

Graffiti we can remove

We offer free graffiti removal for private residents and businesses if the graffiti:

• faces the road
• is not higher than 2 metres from ground level on the building
• is offensive

To use this service, the owner of the property must write to us with permission to remove the graffiti. In some cases we’ll ask the owner to sign a disclaimer for work to go ahead.

For any other graffiti contact us for a quote.

If we have to paint over the graffiti we cannot guarantee a colour match.

Graffiti we cannot remove

Contact the following organisations to request the removal of graffiti from:

• bus shelters: Streetcare (tfl.gov.uk)
• phone boxes: BT Business
• railway bridges: Network Rail

• electricity substations: UK Power Networks
   

   

Report graffiti